Re: [PATCH] TCO Watchdog warning interrupt driver creation

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On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 04:32:33PM +0000, Muller, Francois-nicolas wrote:
> Thanks for your review, my comments embedded below.
> I'm sending the new version of the patch in the following email.
> François-Nicolas
> 
...
> >>
> >> +static const struct acpi_device_id iTCO_wdt_ids[] = {
> >> +	{"8086229C", 0},
> >> +	{"", 0},
> >> +};
> >> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, iTCO_wdt_ids);
> >> +
> >
> >Doesn't that result in auto-loading the driver ?
> 
> The driver is loaded only when Bios exposes the acpi device and the boot param warn_irq is true.
> Could you clarify ? I don't understand the issue. 
> 
Unless I am missing something, you are making two changes
in a single patch.

- auto-load driver if acpi device is exposed by bios
- Add interrupt handling support

I suggested to separate those changes into two patches.

Guenter
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