linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] platform-driver-x86: ACPI EC Extra driver for Oaktrail

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Message-ID: <20110107220940.GA32575@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Fri, 7 Jan 2011 22:09:40 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Yin Kangkai <kangkai.yin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	platform-driver-x86 <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Wang, Yong Y" <yong.y.wang@...el.com>,
	"Liu, Bing Wei" <bing.wei.liu@...el.com>,
	Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] platform-driver-x86: ACPI EC Extra driver for
	Oaktrail

On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 03:41:15PM +0800, Yin Kangkai wrote:

> This driver implements an Extra ACPI EC driver for products based on Intel
> Oaktrail platform.  It is programming the EC space, through existing ACPI EC
> driver, to provide user space layer the sysfs and rfkill interfaces to
> enable/disable the Camera, Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi, 3G, and to show the status of
> Touchscreen.

As far as I can tell, the only ACPI aspect of this driver is that it 
makes use of the ACPI EC driver? In that case I think the name's 
misleading.

> @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> +What:		/sys/devices/platform/intel_oaktrail/camera
> +Date:		Jan 2011
> +KernelVersion:	2.6.37
> +Contact:	"Yin Kangkai" <kangkai.yin@...el.com>
> +Description:
> +		Control the camera. 1 means on, 0 means off.

We really need a better approach for this kind of thing...

> +What:		/sys/devices/platform/intel_oaktrail/touchscreen
> +Date:		Jan 2011
> +KernelVersion:	2.6.37
> +Contact:	"Yin Kangkai" <kangkai.yin@...el.com>
> +Description:
> +		Show the status of the touch screen. 1 means on, 0 means off.

And this one, but we don't have one yet so I think this is ok.

> +	wwan_rfkill = oaktrail_rfkill_new("oaktrail-wwan",
> +					  RFKILL_TYPE_WWAN,
> +					  OT_EC_WWAN_MASK);

Do you have any way to identify whether the hardware has all these 
features before registering?

> +static struct dmi_system_id __initdata oaktrail_dmi_table[] = {
> +	{
> +		.ident = "OakTrail platform",
> +		.matches = {
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "OakTrail platform"),
> +		},
> +		.callback = dmi_check_cb
> +	},
> +	{ }
> +};

Is any hardware actually going to ship with this identifier, or will 
vendors change the string?

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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