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From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
To: Betty Dall <betty.dall@hpe.com>
Cc: lenb@kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI/device_sysfs: Add sysfs support for _HRV hardware revision
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:35:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3691881.pb3S7Il1cr@vostro.rjw.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1460558894-11971-1-git-send-email-betty.dall@hpe.com>

On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 08:48:14 AM Betty Dall wrote:
> The ACPI _HRV object on the device is used to supply Linux with
> the device's hardware revision. This is an optional object. Add
> sysfs support for the _HRV object if it exists on the device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Betty Dall <betty.dall@hpe.com>

The patch itself looks OK to me, but why exactly do we need that thing in sysfs?

Thanks,
Rafael

  reply	other threads:[~2016-04-26 20:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-04-13 14:48 [PATCH] ACPI/device_sysfs: Add sysfs support for _HRV hardware revision Betty Dall
2016-04-26 20:35 ` Rafael J. Wysocki [this message]
2016-04-27 16:15   ` Dall, Betty
2016-04-27 21:19     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-04-26 20:41 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-04-27 16:19   ` Dall, Betty
2016-04-27 21:21     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-04-29 13:55       ` Dall, Betty

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