Re: [PATCH V4] Export ACPI _DSM provided firmware instance number and string name to sysfs

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On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 08:28:59 -0800
<Narendra_K@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 10:34:17PM +0530, K, Narendra wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 06:06:42PM +0530, K, Narendra wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > This patch exports ACPI _DSM provided firmware instance number and
> > > string name to sysfs.
> > >
> > > V1 -> V2:
> > > The attribute 'index' is changed to 'acpi_index' as the semantics of
> > > SMBIOS provided device type instance and ACPI _DSM provided firmware
> > > instance number are different.
> > >
> > > V2 -> V3:
> > > Matthew Garrett pointed out that 'sysfs_create_groups' does return an
> > > error when there are no ACPI _DSM attributes available and because of
> > > that the fallback to SMBIOS will not happen. As a result SMBIOS provided
> > > attributes are not created. This version of the patch addresses the issue.
> > >
> > 
> > V3 -> V4:
> > Select NLS if (DMI || ACPI) in drivers/pci/Kconfig to prevent build
> > breakage from an 'allmodconfig'
> > 
> > Matthew,
> > Thanks for the suggestion.
> > 
> > From: Narendra K <narendra_k@xxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [PATCH] Export ACPI _DSM provided firmware instance number and string to sysfs
> >
> 
> Hi Jesse,
> 
> Does Version 4 of the patch look good for inclusion ? Please let us know
> if there are any concerns.

Oh sorry, I was looking in the wrong mailbox, I'll pull this one in now.

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Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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