Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 9 Feb 2007 23:09:29 +0000 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 |
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Hi!
> Per your request, and the request of the distros, we've changed > how ACPICA Core releases are integrated into Linux so that each > upstream (CVS) check-in appears as a single git commit. > While this process is not yet perfect, it should be vastly better > than previous "code drops" in allowing git bisect to work, > and allowing distros to cherry-pick individual fixes. > > The "bay" driver is new (and marked EXPERIMENTAL) -- adding initial > hot-plug support for ACPI controlled drive bays such as the > IBM ultrabay or the Dell Module Bay.
Could you describe userland interface it uses? /proc? Will it be usable for bays on notebooks not using acpi?
> The "asus-laptop" driver is also new. Consistent with msi-laptop, > it uses ACPI in platform-specific ways, but strives to avoid > exposing ACPI-specific implementation details to the user. > asus-laptop is mutually exclusive with asus_acpi, which it will > replace over time.
Not including another /proc/acpi/ibm -like nightmare, is it?
> the old /proc/acpi/ interfaces with cleaner interfaces in sysfs -- > non-ACPI-specific generic ones whenever possible. This effort > is not complete, but it has been in -mm for a long time and > I believe that it is time to push it upstream to benefit > from broader exposure and testing.
Does it still include completely broken alarm interface? Can't find it in changelogs, so hopefully not.
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