Moore, Robert wrote: > I guess this means that Linux does not currently use this interface. > > I think I remember that Linux implements a utility module with an interface something like "acpi_evaluate_integer", and a couple more. Perhaps acpi_evaluate_buffer already exists, you could use that. > Thank you for suggestion. Unfortunately, I could not find acpi_evaluate_buffer() and something like this. So I'd like to leave the code as it is, and wait for acpi_evaluate_object_typed(). Thanks, Kenji Kaneshige > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-acpi- >> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kenji Kaneshige >> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:43 PM >> To: Moore, Robert >> Cc: Alex Chiang; Jesse Barnes; linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux acpi; >> Andrew Patterson >> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] PCI/ACPI: move _OSC code to pci_root.c >> >> Moore, Robert wrote: >>> The acpi_evaluate_object_typed interface automatically handles the two >> error cases you check for: >>> 1) Checks for the case where no object is returned >>> 2) Checks for the correct return object type (buffer in this case) >>> >>> Use of this interface would simplify and shrink the code. >>> >> Sounds good to me, but I have a question. >> >> The acpi_evaluate_object_typed() function seems to be compiled >> only when ACPI_FUTURE_USAGE is defined. And it seems that there >> is no prototype declaration. I don't know about ACPI_FUTURE_USAGE >> at all. Could you please tell me what I should do to use >> acpi_evaluate_object_typed()? >> >> Thanks, >> Kenji Kaneshige >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
