On Monday 01 February 2016 16:15:59 Brijesh Singh wrote: > > > > This is where we really need the ACPI maintainers to explain the > > general policy for dealing with firmware updates. > > > > I would assume that adding the feature in a later firmware version > > is a compatible change, and the feature is non-essential (the > > device will work fine with the generic SATA driver, except > > the LEDs don't blink), so it's not a big deal, it's just what > > you get for having the firmware shipped before the driver is > > reviewed (don't do that). > > > > Agreed, the driver should have been reviewed earlier. And now changes in firmware will also require > them changing other OSes drivers. Can you explain that? I would expect the addition of some AML methods to be a compatible change. Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
