Re: [PATCH v4 5/8] spi: add support for ACPI reconfigure notifications

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Mon Jun 27 2016 - 17:14:06 EST


On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 02:52:13PM +0300, Octavian Purdila wrote:
>
>> This patch adds supports for SPI device enumeration and removal via
>> ACPI reconfiguration notifications that are send as a result of an
>> ACPI table load or unload operation.
>
> I still have the same concern I've had all the way through here: this is
> very similar to the equivalent DT code but not quite, especially in
> regard to the OF_POPULATED flag which has no ACPI equivalent. This
> gives us ACPI code which just looks like it's missing something. I'd
> like to see the comparison at least covered in the changelog so people
> have something to refer to in future when trying to understand why
> things are done this way.

I agree here.

Tavi, please extend the changelog as requested by Mark.