Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 24 Aug 2015 22:03:29 -0700 | From | Dustin Byford <> | Subject | Re: [RFC 0/1] i2c: acpi: revert setting a "stable" device name |
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On Mon Aug 17 11:00, Jarkko Nikula wrote:
> If I remember correctly ACPI ID should not ever change and instance id :xy > after INTABCD:xy should also be visible and keep the order even if device is > disabled or not plugged. But I'm not absolute sure about this. > > At least on a test platform that allow disable devices will show those > devices off-line (/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INTABCD:xy/status == 0).
I'm always surprised how hard it is to tell what *can't* happen in ACPI. How about a conditional call to LoadTable()? Seems like that would mess up the :xy. Moot point, I think you're on the right track in your RFC patch.
--Dustin
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