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