From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
To: Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] acpi: utils: Add function to fetch dependent acpi_devices
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:15:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0iU2m4Hs6APuauQ645DwbjYaB8nJFjYH0+7yQnR-FPZBQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b381b48e-1bf2-f3e7-10a6-e51cd261f43c@gmail.com>
On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 9:51 PM Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 18/01/2021 16:14, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 1:37 AM Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> In some ACPI tables we encounter, devices use the _DEP method to assert
> >> a dependence on other ACPI devices as opposed to the OpRegions that the
> >> specification intends. We need to be able to find those devices "from"
> >> the dependee, so add a function to parse all ACPI Devices and check if
> >> the include the handle of the dependee device in their _DEP buffer.
> > What exactly do you need this for?
>
> So, in our DSDT we have devices with _HID INT3472, plus sensors which
> refer to those INT3472's in their _DEP method. The driver binds to the
> INT3472 device, we need to find the sensors dependent on them.
>
Well, this is an interesting concept. :-)
Why does _DEP need to be used for that? Isn't there any other way to
look up the dependent sensors?
>
> > Would it be practical to look up the suppliers in acpi_dep_list instead?
> >
> > Note that supplier drivers may remove entries from there, but does
> > that matter for your use case?
>
> Ah - that may work, yes. Thank you, let me test that.
Even if that doesn't work right away, but it can be made work, I would
very much prefer that to the driver parsing _DEP for every device in
the namespace by itself.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-19 13:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 98+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-18 0:34 [PATCH v2 0/7] Introduce intel_skl_int3472 driver Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 0:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] acpi: utils: move acpi_lpss_dep() to utils Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 7:24 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-18 8:31 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 12:29 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-18 12:35 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 12:28 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-18 16:06 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2021-01-18 16:42 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-18 0:34 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] acpi: utils: Add function to fetch dependent acpi_devices Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 7:34 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-18 8:37 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 12:33 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-18 13:37 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 16:14 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2021-01-18 20:51 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-19 13:15 ` Rafael J. Wysocki [this message]
2021-01-19 13:28 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-21 9:47 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-21 11:58 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2021-01-21 12:04 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-21 14:39 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2021-01-21 16:34 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-21 18:08 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2021-01-21 21:06 ` Daniel Scally
2021-02-02 9:58 ` Daniel Scally
2021-02-02 11:27 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-02-02 14:02 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2021-01-18 0:34 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] i2c: i2c-core-base: Use format macro in i2c_dev_set_name() Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 7:28 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-18 12:41 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-18 9:41 ` Sakari Ailus
2021-01-18 9:42 ` Sakari Ailus
2021-01-18 9:48 ` Wolfram Sang
2021-01-18 12:39 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-18 0:34 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] i2c: i2c-core-acpi: Add i2c_acpi_dev_name() Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 9:18 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-18 13:41 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-19 13:19 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2021-01-28 9:00 ` Wolfram Sang
2021-01-28 9:15 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-28 9:17 ` Wolfram Sang
2021-01-28 9:22 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 13:39 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-18 18:43 ` Joe Perches
2021-01-18 18:56 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-18 19:00 ` Joe Perches
2021-01-18 19:01 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-18 0:34 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] gpio: gpiolib-acpi: Export acpi_get_gpiod() Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 7:37 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-18 13:45 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-18 13:46 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-18 21:32 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 0:34 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] platform: x86: Add intel_skl_int3472 driver Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 9:15 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-18 14:46 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-18 21:19 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-19 0:11 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-19 6:21 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-19 9:35 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-19 16:49 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-19 9:33 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-19 9:34 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-19 16:36 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-19 17:43 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-20 4:18 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-20 11:44 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-21 21:08 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-19 9:24 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-19 10:40 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-19 11:08 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-19 16:48 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-19 17:51 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-20 4:21 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-20 12:57 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-21 0:18 ` Daniel Scally
2021-02-07 11:00 ` Daniel Scally
2021-02-07 11:56 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-18 20:46 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-19 6:19 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-19 8:43 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-19 16:33 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-18 11:12 ` Barnabás Pőcze
2021-01-18 13:51 ` andriy.shevchenko
2021-01-18 14:51 ` Barnabás Pőcze
2021-01-18 15:23 ` andriy.shevchenko
2021-01-18 15:32 ` Hans de Goede
2021-01-18 15:48 ` andriy.shevchenko
2021-01-18 16:00 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 16:03 ` Hans de Goede
2021-01-18 17:05 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-19 10:56 ` Kieran Bingham
2021-01-19 11:11 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-19 11:12 ` Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 0:34 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] mfd: Remove tps68470 MFD driver Daniel Scally
2021-01-18 7:42 ` Laurent Pinchart
2021-01-18 13:53 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-18 20:07 ` Joe Perches
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