>
> To address your comment, I was trying to differentiate between the existence
> of the _STR method and the failure to evaluate it.
> If an STR method exists, we create the sysfs file. If it fails to
evaluate, we will see "No Description" when we read the file.
> This would indicate that somet
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Add new sysfs interface to export device
> description
>
> Hi Lance,
>
> 2012/09/08 1:28, Lance Ortiz wrote:
> > Add support to export the device description obtained from the ACPI
> _STR
> > method, if
Hi Lance,
2012/09/08 1:28, Lance Ortiz wrote:
> Add support to export the device description obtained from the ACPI _STR
> method, if one exists for a device, to user-space via a sysfs interface.
> This new interface provides a standard and platform neutral way for users
> to obtain the descriptio
Add support to export the device description obtained from the ACPI _STR
method, if one exists for a device, to user-space via a sysfs interface.
This new interface provides a standard and platform neutral way for users
to obtain the description text stored in the ACPI _STR method. If no
_STR meth
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