linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] platform/x86: surfacepro3

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Message-ID: <20190727091541.GD795@penguin>
Date:   Sat, 27 Jul 2019 12:15:41 +0300
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-input <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] platform/x86: surfacepro3_button: Fix device check

On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 08:57:53PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 6:05 PM Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > Do not use the surfacepro3_button driver on newer Microsoft Surface
> > models, only use it on the Surface Pro 3 and 4. Newer models (5th, 6th
> > and possibly future generations) use the same device as the Surface Pro
> > 4 to represent their volume and power buttons (MSHW0040), but their
> > actual implementation is significantly different. This patch ensures
> > that the surfacepro3_button driver is only used on the Pro 3 and 4
> > models, allowing a different driver to bind on other models.
> >
> 
> Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
> 
> assuming it will go thru Input subsystem.

I can take it, but I do not think it is dependent on the other change
and thus can go through platform tree as well.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry