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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] ACPI: Simplify namespace scanning for devices
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Hi Rafael,
	Great idea to get rid of the .start() staff, it could also
simplify our hotplug framework too.
	Thanks!
	Gerry

On 12/16/2012 09:47 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> This series is on top of the one I sent on Thursday:
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/13/632
> 
> It goes one step farther and makes some simplifications that become possible
> after applying that patchset.
> 
> [1/6] Fold acpi_pci_root_start() into acpi_pci_root_add()
> [2/6] Remove acpi_start_single_object() and acpi_bus_start()
> [3/6] Remove the arguments of acpi_bus_add() that are not used
> [4/6] Drop the second argument of acpi_bus_scan()
> [5/6] Replace ACPI device add_type field with a match_driver flag
> [6/6] Make acpi_bus_scan() and acpi_bus_add() take only one argument
> 
> It survives booting on Toshiba Portege R500 without any visible issues.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rafael
> 
>