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Message-Id: <20110209144419.f673facf.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Date:	Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:44:19 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Platform: add Samsung Laptop platform driver

On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:40:06 -0800 Greg KH wrote:

> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> 
> This adds the samsung-laptop driver to the kernel.  It now supports
> all known Samsung laptops.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-samsung-laptop |   19 
>  drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig                          |   13 
>  drivers/platform/x86/Makefile                         |    1 
>  drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c                 |  768 ++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 801 insertions(+)
> 
> Matthew, this is a copy of the latest version in the linux-next tree of the
> driver.  Once it has been accepted into your tree, I'll delete the
> staging driver.  Or, if you want to give your ACK, I can just move the
> driver from staging into this directory in my tree, which will properly
> preserve the history of the code.


> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> index d163bc2..da9aed1 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -654,4 +654,17 @@ config XO1_RFKILL
>  	  Support for enabling/disabling the WLAN interface on the OLPC XO-1
>  	  laptop.
>  
> +config SAMSUNG_LAPTOP
> +	tristate "Samsung Laptop driver"
> +	depends on RFKILL && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE && X86

This entire Kconfig file already depends on X86, so the "&& X86" above
is redundant.

> +	---help---
> +	  This module implements a driver for a wide range of different
> +	  Samsung laptops.  It offers control over the different
> +	  function keys, wireless LED, LCD backlight level, and
> +	  sometimes provides a "performance_control" sysfs file to allow
> +	  the performance level of the laptop to be changed.
> +
> +	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
> +	  will be called samsung-laptop.
> +
>  endif # X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES


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~Randy
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