linux-kernel - Re: [char-misc-next] mei: add device type

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Message-ID: <20200728155408.GB4178776@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:54:08 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Cc:     Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [char-misc-next] mei: add device type

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 06:25:46PM +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> From: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
> 
> Some of the device heads are not generic and have
> specific purpose, we need to announce it to the user space
> so it can detect and correct device node via matching
> attributes.
> 
> Generic devices are marked as 'mei' while special
> purpose their own names. Currently we are adding
> 'itouch' string for Intel IPTS devices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/mei/hw-me.c   | 12 ++++++++++++
>  drivers/misc/mei/hw-me.h   |  5 +++++
>  drivers/misc/mei/hw-txe.c  |  1 +
>  drivers/misc/mei/main.c    | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h |  4 ++++
>  drivers/misc/mei/pci-me.c  |  8 ++++----
>  6 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

No Documentation/ABI/ update for this new sysfs file?

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