Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Sep 2019 20:44:33 +0200 (CEST) | From | Nikolaus Voss <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH] ACPICA: make acpi_load_table() return table index |
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On Thu, 26 Sep 2019, Schmauss, Erik wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org <linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org> >> On Behalf Of Shevchenko, Andriy >> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 9:35 AM >> To: Schmauss, Erik <erik.schmauss@intel.com> >> Cc: Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@loewensteinmedical.de>; Rafael J. Wysocki >> <rjw@rjwysocki.net>; Moore, Robert <robert.moore@intel.com>; Len Brown >> <lenb@kernel.org>; Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@gmail.com>; Pavel >> Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>; Dan Murphy <dmurphy@ti.com>; linux- >> acpi@vger.kernel.org; devel@acpica.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; >> nv@vosn.de >> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: make acpi_load_table() return table index >> >> On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 07:09:05PM +0300, Schmauss, Erik wrote: >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@loewensteinmedical.de> >>>> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2019 1:08 AM >>>> To: Shevchenko, Andriy <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>; Schmauss, Erik >>>> <erik.schmauss@intel.com>; Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net>; >>>> Moore, Robert <robert.moore@intel.com> >>>> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>; Jacek Anaszewski >>>> <jacek.anaszewski@gmail.com>; Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>; Dan >>>> Murphy <dmurphy@ti.com>; linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; >>>> devel@acpica.org; linux- kernel@vger.kernel.org; nv@vosn.de; >>>> Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@loewensteinmedical.de> >>>> Subject: [PATCH] ACPICA: make acpi_load_table() return table index >>>> >>> Hi Nikolaus, >>> >>>> For unloading an ACPI table, it is necessary to provide the index of the table. >>>> The method intended for dynamically loading or hotplug addition of >>>> tables, acpi_load_table(), should provide this information via an >>>> optional pointer to the loaded table index. >>> >>> We'll take this patch for ACPICA upstream >> >> Erik, >> > Hi Andy, > >> how about to have also counterpart to acpi_load_table() which will do what it's >> done now in acpi_configfs.c via acpi_tb_*() API? > > I should have given more details. We decided to add this extra parameter > in AcpiLoadTable and we're going to create an AcpiUnloadTable function > that will take table index to unload the table (basically the > acpi_tb_unload..). Once we do this, you can use table indices with > AcpiUnloadTable and AcpiLoadTable.
that's even better news.
Rafael, shall I prepare anything?
Niko
> > Erik >> >> Because it's kinda strange to call acpi_load_table*() and acpi_tb_*() in the >> same module. >> >> -- >> With Best Regards, >> Andy Shevchenko >> >
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