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SubjectRe: [PATCH] acpi: ec_transaction(), second try
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:27:59 +0200
Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@0pointer.de> wrote:

> This is the second version of my patch which unifies the logic of
> ec_read() and ec_write() into ec_transaction(). Most things I wrote
> about the first version are still true:
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=115517205307700&w=2
>
> The changes are:
>
> - Updated for Kernel 2.6.18pre (Linus' GIT tree as of today)
>
> - Fix a bad argument validity check in acpi_ec_poll_transaction() as
> pointed out by Yu Luming.
>
> - I unified the code in acpi_ec_poll_transaction() and
> acpi_ec_intr_transaction() a little more. Both functions are now just
> wrappers around the new acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked() function. The
> latter contains the EC access logic, the two original
> function now just do their special way of locking and call the the
> new function for the actual work.
>
> This patch is required for my MSI laptop support patch.
>
> Based on Linus' GIT tree and should also apply to the current ACPI
> tree.

This isn't a suitable description of this work. Please review
http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt, especially section
4 and then send (and maintain) a new changelog, thanks.

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