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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org>,
	ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy@infradead.org>,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <ibm-acpi@hmh.eng.br>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi: Adjustments for four function implementations
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2018 08:55:31 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <edb7173f-c732-6934-9690-7831b3f993d8@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180106012634.GB5260@fury>

> If this was code that affected all systems, the impact would be greater
> - and it would be much easier to test.

I can follow such a view to some degree.
Would you dare to test the deletion of questionable error messages
more with any other software components?


> As it applies only to Thinkpad systems,

Are these models still popular enough in any areas?


> far fewer total systems are affected, and it is much harder to
> test/verify.

Do you care for the suggested transformation patterns (in principle)?


> If you feel that is the wrong call,

It seems that the usual indication was expressed for change resistance.


> you will need to present convincing evidence to Henrique that
> this is worth the risk.

Which risks have you got in mind for this small adjustment?


> … - or that it would be worth the effort.

Can a bit of “software fine-tuning” become useful also here?

Regards,
Markus

  reply	other threads:[~2018-01-06  8:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-18 21:26 [PATCH 0/2] platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi: Adjustments for four function implementations SF Markus Elfring
2017-12-18 21:28 ` [PATCH 1/2] platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in th SF Markus Elfring
2017-12-18 21:30 ` [PATCH 2/2] platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi: Improve a size determination in tpacpi_new_rfkill() SF Markus Elfring
2017-12-19 14:37 ` [PATCH 0/2] platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi: Adjustments for four function implementations Andy Shevchenko
2017-12-19 16:23   ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-12-19 17:28     ` Andy Shevchenko
2017-12-23  1:40     ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2017-12-23  7:12       ` SF Markus Elfring
2018-01-03  0:10         ` Darren Hart
2018-01-03  0:49           ` Joe Perches
2018-01-03  1:13             ` Darren Hart
2018-01-03  8:41           ` SF Markus Elfring
2018-01-06  1:26             ` Darren Hart
2018-01-06  8:55               ` SF Markus Elfring [this message]
2017-12-23  1:29   ` [PATCH 0/2] " Henrique de Moraes Holschuh

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