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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/4] ata: ahci_platform: Add ACPI support for AMD Seattle SATA controller
On 9/16/2014 8:26 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 07:47:23PM -0500, suravee.suthikulpanit@amd.com wrote:
>> From: Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@amd.com>
>>
>> This patch adds ACPI match table in ahci_platform. The table includes
>> the acpi_device_id to match AMD Seattle SATA controller with following
>> asl structure in DSDT:
>>
>> Device (SATA0)
>> {
>> Name(_HID, "AMDI0600") // Seattle AHSATA
>
> There really ought to be a well-defined PNPID for AHCI, so you can _HID
> to AMD and _CID to something generic. That way we won't have:
>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ATA_ACPI
>> +static const struct acpi_device_id ahci_acpi_match[] = {
>> + { "AMDI0600", 0 }, /* AMD Seattle AHCI */
>> + { },
>> +};
>
> utter sadness here. Really, please don't end up in a situation where we
> need to add device-specific IDs to a generic driver.
>
Matthew,

Currently, there is no _CID defined for generic AHCI. We will work on
proposing one, and provide update patches for including the new ID.

Thanks,
Suravee



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