Re: Propose WMI patch

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On Tuesday 30 September 2008 12:06:35 Duarte Silva wrote:
> I wanted to propose a ACPI-WMI API change. Instead of having, wmi_has_guid
> returning a boolean, why not returning a acpi_status. It would allow
> extented error handling, and it would look more ACPI style :)

NAK.

We're not interested in ACPI error codes here, since we're never going to do 
anything with them.

We only care if the DSDT exists or not with this method - it's just a means of 
detection for other drivers.

-Carlos
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