netdev - Re: [PATCH V4] Export ACPI _DSM provided firmware instance number and string name to sysfs

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Message-ID: <20110304104314.26265021@jbarnes-desktop>
Date:	Fri, 4 Mar 2011 10:43:14 -0800
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	<Narendra_K@...l.com>
Cc:	<linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <mjg@...hat.com>, <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>,
	<Charles_Rose@...l.com>, <Jordan_Hargrave@...l.com>,
	<Shyam_Iyer@...l.com>, <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4] Export ACPI _DSM provided firmware instance number
 and string name to sysfs

On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:34:17 +0530
<Narendra_K@...l.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 06:06:42PM +0530, K, Narendra wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > This patch exports ACPI _DSM provided firmware instance number and
> > string name to sysfs.
> > 
> > V1 -> V2:
> > The attribute 'index' is changed to 'acpi_index' as the semantics of
> > SMBIOS provided device type instance and ACPI _DSM provided firmware
> > instance number are different.
> > 
> > V2 -> V3:
> > Matthew Garrett pointed out that 'sysfs_create_groups' does return an
> > error when there are no ACPI _DSM attributes available and because of
> > that the fallback to SMBIOS will not happen. As a result SMBIOS provided
> > attributes are not created. This version of the patch addresses the issue.
> > 
> 
> V3 -> V4:
> Select NLS if (DMI || ACPI) in drivers/pci/Kconfig to prevent build
> breakage from an 'allmodconfig'

Applied, fingers crossed this time. :)

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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