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Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead of module-wide globals

From Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead of module-wide globals
Date 2017-05-06 16:30 +0200
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On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> wrote:

> To be fair, one thing that may be "unnatural" with this approach is that
> even though fujitsu-backlight would depend on fujitsu-laptop, it would
> still have to get a handle to FUJ02E3 using:
>
>     acpi_get_handle(NULL, "\\_SB.FEXT", ...)
>
> because call_fext_func() - and thus fext_backlight() - needs to be
> passed a handle to FUJ02E3 and the two ACPI devices (FUJ02B1 handled by
> fujitsu-backlight and FUJ02E3 handled by fujitsu-laptop) are not related
> from the perspective of the ACPI device hierarchy.  Unless there is a
> better way of implementing this, in which case I am open to suggestions.

There are two areas to check with:
1. Remote graph node
https://lwn.net/Articles/718184/
2. Component framework (only works in case when all devices are
mandatory to have).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead  of module-wide globals Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@just42.net> - 2017-05-01 15:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead  of module-wide globals Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2017-05-02 15:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead  of module-wide globals Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@just42.net> - 2017-05-05 01:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead  of module-wide globals Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> - 2017-05-05 18:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead  of module-wide globals Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2017-05-06 14:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead  of module-wide globals Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2017-05-06 14:50 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead of  module-wide globals Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-05-06 16:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead of  module-wide globals Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-05-06 16:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead  of module-wide globals Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> - 2017-05-08 18:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead  of module-wide globals Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2017-05-09 11:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead  of module-wide globals Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@just42.net> - 2017-05-09 14:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead  of module-wide globals Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> - 2017-05-09 18:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead of module-wide globals "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2017-05-09 23:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead  of module-wide globals Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2017-05-11 16:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead of module-wide globals "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2017-05-11 16:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead  of module-wide globals Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> - 2017-05-11 17:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 00/10] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead  of module-wide globals Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2017-05-11 15:50 +0200

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