From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755948Ab2DMSex (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:34:53 -0400 Received: from g1t0027.austin.hp.com ([15.216.28.34]:27223 "EHLO g1t0027.austin.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751970Ab2DMSev (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:34:51 -0400 Message-ID: <1334342089.3422.5.camel@lorien2> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] ACPI: Add _OST support for ACPI hotplug From: Shuah Khan Reply-To: shuahkhan@gmail.com To: Toshi Kani Cc: shuahkhan@gmail.com, Jiang Liu , lenb@kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:34:49 -0600 In-Reply-To: <1334333152.20190.85.camel@misato.fc.hp.com> References: <1334096510-17319-1-git-send-email-toshi.kani@hp.com> <1334161991.2226.18.camel@lorien2> <1334170247.20190.34.camel@misato.fc.hp.com> <1334240353.2222.3.camel@lorien2> <4F88371D.7030305@gmail.com> <1334330617.2250.4.camel@lorien2> <1334333152.20190.85.camel@misato.fc.hp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.2- Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > I would like to explain more detail about my testing. Unlike other ACPI > methods, the functionality of _OST method is not defined by the spec. > It is all up to the firmware implementation. A good reason why this patch requires more testing than on simulated firmware code that is based on one single firmware implementation. -- Shuah