Re: [patch 2.6.21-rc5-git] make /proc/acpi/wakeup more useful

Pavel Machek
2007-04-15T09:37:12Z

Hi!

> > Are you _sure_ you have a 1-to-1 relationship here? No multiple devices
> > pointing to the same acpi node? Or the other way around? If so, you
> > are going to have to change the name to be something more unique.
>
> I've wondered that too. The short answer: APCI only supports 1-1
> here. It will emit warnings if it tries to bind more than one ACPI
...
> Assuming they all adopt that same "parallel tree" model, that seems
> like a good idea. The tools will likely need to understand how ACPI
> and OF differ, but there's no point in reserving more names than we
> really need. Though it may be that "parallel trees" should go away.

If mapping is indeed 1-to-1 in acpi... it would be nice to just merge
the trees.
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