Re: [PATCH v3 2/6] ACPI / x86: Consolidate Apple DMI checks

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On Thu, 2017-07-20 at 16:27 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Lukas Wunner <lukas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 12:03:31AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Friday, July 14, 2017 12:36:19 AM Lukas Wunner wrote:
> > > > 


> > I guess I could introduce a new <linux/apple.h> but I hate the
> > insane
> > proliferation of additional files in include/linux/.
> 
> There is include/linux/platform_data/x86/ so maybe put it in there?

Just suggested the same :-)

> >  I could merge the contents of apple_bl.h and apple-gmux.h into that
> > new header to
> > reduce the number of files a bit.
> > 
> > Struggling to find a solution that's nice and clean.  Any ideas?
> 
> I guess you still want it to work if someone configures the kernel
> without CONFIG_ACPI, although that's slightly debatable, so the
> variable should be defined somewhere in the arch code I suppose.
> 
> I also guess you could add something like arch/x86/platform/apple/ and
> put the checks and the variable in there (in which case I'd call it
> x86_apple_machine or similar).

I'm not sure if we can use drivers/platform/x86 for this, either agreed
way is fine to me.

Darren?

> 
> Then invoke the check from acpi_osi_dmi_table[] code and the
> early-quirks.c one is only needed for !CONFIG_ACPI.

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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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