Re: [PATCH V6 5/8] vfio: platform: call _RST method when using ACPI

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On 6/8/2016 6:31 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 12:01 AM, Sinan Kaya <okaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The device tree code checks for the presence of a reset driver and calls
>> the of_reset function pointer by looking up the reset driver as a module.
>>
>> ACPI defines _RST method to perform device level reset. After the _RST
>> method is executed, the OS can resume using the device. _RST method is
>> expected to stop DMA transfers and IRQs.
>>
>> This patch checks the presence of _RST method and calls the _RST
>> method when reset is requested.
> 
> You could check if _RST is present at probe time and store the ACPI
> handle of it instead of the HID pointer.
> 
> This way you wouldn't need to repeat that check every time reset is used.
> 

Makes sense. I'll give it a shot.

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Sinan Kaya
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. on behalf of Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
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