From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [PATCH_v8 1/2] IPMI/ACPI: Define acpi_ipmi notifier hook functions Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:22:39 +0100 Message-ID: <20100727132239.GA25190@srcf.ucam.org> References: <1280155565-2938-1-git-send-email-yakui.zhao@intel.com> <1280155565-2938-2-git-send-email-yakui.zhao@intel.com> <201007261052.04772.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> <4C4E340E.3050003@acm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([93.93.128.6]:34622 "EHLO cavan.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752631Ab0G0NW6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:22:58 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C4E340E.3050003@acm.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Corey Minyard Cc: Bjorn Helgaas , yakui.zhao@intel.com, lenb@kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 08:19:10PM -0500, Corey Minyard wrote: > I agree that a notifier framework seems like massive overkill for this > interface. I will note that there are already interfaces for > registering to receive callbacks when an IPMI device is added or > removed. What's missing is a way to ask "Is this an ACPI PNP device?". So we just want something that returns addr_source, along with moving that enum into a global header? -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org