On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 8:44 PM Nikolaus Voss <nv@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Sep 2019, 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. > > that's even better news. > > Rafael, shall I prepare anything? I don't think so. I'm expecting to get a proper fix from the upstream through the normal process. Thanks, Rafael
