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authorGustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk>2013-09-27 11:56:14 -0300
committerGustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk>2013-09-27 11:56:14 -0300
commit1025c04cecd19882e28f16c4004034b475c372c5 (patch)
tree2b7402887e86d54bff5a123228c9059eae5e32bd /drivers/acpi/acpica/uteval.c
parent4375f1037d52602413142e290608d0d84671ad36 (diff)
parent5bcecf325378218a8e248bb6bcae96ec7362f8ef (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth
Conflicts: net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/acpica/uteval.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/uteval.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/uteval.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/uteval.c
index ee83adb97b1..4fd68971019 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/uteval.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/uteval.c
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ acpi_ut_evaluate_numeric_object(char *object_name,
* RETURN: Status
*
* DESCRIPTION: Executes _STA for selected device and stores results in
- * *Flags.
+ * *Flags. If _STA does not exist, then the device is assumed
+ * to be present/functional/enabled (as per the ACPI spec).
*
* NOTE: Internal function, no parameter validation
*
@@ -257,6 +258,11 @@ acpi_ut_execute_STA(struct acpi_namespace_node *device_node, u32 * flags)
ACPI_BTYPE_INTEGER, &obj_desc);
if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
if (AE_NOT_FOUND == status) {
+ /*
+ * if _STA does not exist, then (as per the ACPI specification),
+ * the returned flags will indicate that the device is present,
+ * functional, and enabled.
+ */
ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_EXEC,
"_STA on %4.4s was not found, assuming device is present\n",
acpi_ut_get_node_name(device_node)));