Re: [PATCH] ACPI / platform: Add support for build-in properties

["Jérôme de Bretagne" <jerome.debretagne@gmail.com>]

Le jeudi 03 novembre 2016 à 16:21 +0200, Heikki Krogerus a écrit :
> We have a couple of drivers, acpi_apd.c and acpi_lpss.c,
> that need to pass extra build-in properties to the devices
> they create. Previously the drivers added those properties
> to the struct device which is member of the struct
> acpi_device, but that does not work. Those properties need
> to be assigned to the struct device of the platform device
> instead in order for them to become available to the
> drivers.
> 
> To fix this, this patch changes acpi_create_platform_device
> function to take struct property_entry pointer as parameter.
> 
> Fixes: 20a875e2e86e ("serial: 8250_dw: Add quirk for APM X-Gene SoC")
> Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
> ---
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Found the problem, and this is my proposal for a fix.
> 
> Jérôme, please test it when you have time.
> 

Hi Heikki,

I can confirm that this patch fixes the issue I've reported on the Lenovo
ThinkPad 8 tablet. You were fast to find the root cause, impressive, really
appreciated.

Feel free to add:
Tested-by: Jérôme de Bretagne <jerome.debretagne@gmail.com> 

Let's hope it can still make it during the remaining 4.9 rc timing.

Cheers,
Jérôme