Re: [PATCH 2/2] Convert smsc911x to use ACPI as well as DT

On 09/23/2015 02:03 PM, David Woodhouse wrote:

On Wed, 2015-09-23 at 22:51 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

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But if the device ID is assigned already, why would it hurt to
actually use it?

It doesn't hurt at all, as long as we understand that there was no need
to assign it a device ID at all, at least for Linux's benefit. And as
long as it doesn't set a precedent that makes other people think they
need to do so.

It really depends on the people who writing the ASL code (DSDT),
I'm not sure if Windows will use _DSD and how to use it, but
firmware guys may just use the device ID to make the firmware
to be usable both by Linux and Windows, and that's reasonable
I think.

Thanks
Hanjun