On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 07:51:00PM +0300, Schmauss, Erik wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > On Behalf Of Shevchenko, Andriy > > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 9:35 AM > > To: Schmauss, Erik <erik.schmauss@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Rafael J. Wysocki > > <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Moore, Robert <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx>; Len Brown > > <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@xxxxxxxxx>; Pavel > > Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>; Dan Murphy <dmurphy@xxxxxx>; linux- > > acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > nv@xxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: make acpi_load_table() return table index > > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 07:09:05PM +0300, Schmauss, Erik wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2019 1:08 AM > > > > To: Shevchenko, Andriy <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>; Schmauss, Erik > > > > <erik.schmauss@xxxxxxxxx>; Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > > > > Moore, Robert <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > Cc: Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jacek Anaszewski > > > > <jacek.anaszewski@xxxxxxxxx>; Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>; Dan > > > > Murphy <dmurphy@xxxxxx>; linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > > > devel@xxxxxxxxxx; linux- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; nv@xxxxxxx; > > > > Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Subject: [PATCH] ACPICA: make acpi_load_table() return table index > > > > > > > Hi Nikolaus, > > > > > > > For unloading an ACPI table, it is necessary to provide the index of the table. > > > > The method intended for dynamically loading or hotplug addition of > > > > tables, acpi_load_table(), should provide this information via an > > > > optional pointer to the loaded table index. > > > > > > We'll take this patch for ACPICA upstream > > > > Erik, > > > Hi Andy, > > > how about to have also counterpart to acpi_load_table() which will do what it's > > done now in acpi_configfs.c via acpi_tb_*() API? > > I should have given more details. We decided to add this extra parameter in AcpiLoadTable and > we're going to create an AcpiUnloadTable function that will take table index to unload the table (basically the acpi_tb_unload..). > Once we do this, you can use table indices with AcpiUnloadTable and AcpiLoadTable. Sounds like what we discussed with Nikolaus earlier [1]. Thanks! [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/20190924120734.GT2680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
