Re: [RFC] ACPI scan handlers

2013-01-26 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Sunday, January 27, 2013 02:42:38 AM Jiang Liu wrote: > On 01/24/2013 08:26 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > There is a considerable amount of confusion in the ACPI subsystem about what > > ACPI drivers are used for. Namely, some of them are used as "normal" device > > drivers

Re: [RFC] ACPI scan handlers

2013-01-26 Thread Jiang Liu
On 01/24/2013 08:26 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > Hi All, > > There is a considerable amount of confusion in the ACPI subsystem about what > ACPI drivers are used for. Namely, some of them are used as "normal" device > drivers that bind to devices and handle them using ACPI control methods (like

Re: [RFC] ACPI scan handlers

2013-01-26 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Saturday, January 26, 2013 02:49:30 AM Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Friday, January 25, 2013 04:07:38 PM Toshi Kani wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 23:11 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > On Friday, January 25, 2013 09:52:21 AM Toshi Kani wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 01:26 +0100, R

Re: [RFC] ACPI scan handlers

2013-01-25 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Friday, January 25, 2013 04:07:38 PM Toshi Kani wrote: > On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 23:11 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Friday, January 25, 2013 09:52:21 AM Toshi Kani wrote: > > > On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 01:26 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > : > > > > > > > > I wonder if anyone is seeing

Re: [RFC] ACPI scan handlers

2013-01-25 Thread Toshi Kani
On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 23:11 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Friday, January 25, 2013 09:52:21 AM Toshi Kani wrote: > > On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 01:26 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: : > > > > > > I wonder if anyone is seeing any major problems with this at the high > > > level. > > First of a

Re: [RFC] ACPI scan handlers

2013-01-25 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Friday, January 25, 2013 09:52:21 AM Toshi Kani wrote: > On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 01:26 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > There is a considerable amount of confusion in the ACPI subsystem about what > > ACPI drivers are used for. Namely, some of them are used as "normal" device

Re: [RFC] ACPI scan handlers

2013-01-25 Thread Toshi Kani
On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 01:26 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > Hi All, > > There is a considerable amount of confusion in the ACPI subsystem about what > ACPI drivers are used for. Namely, some of them are used as "normal" device > drivers that bind to devices and handle them using ACPI control me

[RFC] ACPI scan handlers

2013-01-23 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
Hi All, There is a considerable amount of confusion in the ACPI subsystem about what ACPI drivers are used for. Namely, some of them are used as "normal" device drivers that bind to devices and handle them using ACPI control methods (like the fan or battery drivers), but some of them are just use