On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:30:43 PDT, Kristen Carlson Accardi said: > _SDD (Set Device Data) is an ACPI method that is used to tell the > firmware what the identify data is of the device that is attached to > the port. It is an optional method, and it's ok for it to be missing. > Because of this, we always return success from the routine that calls > this method, even if the execution fails. I'm OK on it returning success if the _SDD is missing entirely. And I see where it's properly droppping a KERN_DEBUG-level printk if it misbehaves. Whether it should continue on and return success anyhow, I'm not sure. Can one of the ACPI wizards comment on that?
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