On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 2:00 AM, Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > DPTF power participant device have common objects with ACPI battery device > "PNP0C0A". For example the main battery objects: > _BST: returns dynamic battery information > _BIX: The static battery properties and control method > Also both can register with power_supply class to present properties > of a typical battery device. > > To avoid code duplication, the existing battery driver is split into two > parts: > - A common part > - ACPI battery driver > > battery_common > Most of the existing battery driver source, except ACPI enumeration part > moved a separate file. It exposes an interface, which can be used by ACPI > battery driver and DPTF power participant driver. > Also the current battery driver code had lots of check_patch errors. > These check_patch errors are addressed in this battery_common. These are > the main interface functions: > acpi_battery_common_add > acpi_battery_common_remove > acpi_battery_common_resume > acpi_battery_common_notify > > battery: This is ACPI battery driver, which just enumerate on PNP0C0A > device and use interface functions offered by battery common part. > > Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Are there any functional changes in this patch? -- 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
