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Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 11:50:13 -0800 From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> To: Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lm-sensors@...sensors.org, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>, "platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH 00/12] i8k patch series On 12/14/2013 11:03 AM, Jean Delvare wrote: > On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 19:45:19 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> On Saturday 14 December 2013, Guenter Roeck wrote: >>> Clean up and simplify the driver, add support for additional temperature >>> sensors, fix a problem seen with multi-core CPU, and add support >>> for additional systems. >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Guenter Roeck (14): >>> i8k: Convert to use pr_ functions instead of printk >>> i8k: Fix various checkpatch warnings and errors >>> i8k: Convert to use to hwmon_device_register_with_groups hwmon API >>> i8k: Support additional temperature sensors >>> MAINTAINERS: Add myself as i8k maintainer >>> i8k: Remove obsolete link to out-of-tree driver >>> i8k: Drop driver version number and info message at startup >>> i8k: Force SMM to run on CPU 0 >>> i8k: Add copyright >>> i8k: Add support for Dell Studio laptops >>> i8k: Add support for Dell XPS M140 >>> i8k: Use driver_data field of dmi_system_id to override fan multiplier >>> i8k: Stop reading SMM BIOS version during driver probe >>> i8k: Implement hwmon based fan speed control >>> >>> MAINTAINERS | 2 +- >>> drivers/char/i8k.c | 358 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- >>> 2 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 159 deletions(-) >>> >> >> All changes in this patch set look good to me. >> >> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> >> >> I wonder if it makes sense to move the driver to drivers/platform/x86/, which >> has a bunch of similar ones already. > > That would be a good idea IMHO. > I agree; drivers/char doesn't seem to be a good location. Guess it is mostly historic that it is there in the first place. Maybe it can even use the API provided by the dell-laptop driver if I can ever figure out how that works. Copying the platform-x86 mailing list and Matthew for additional input. Thanks, Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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