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

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 18:09:12 +0000
From:   "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     "Usyskin, Alexander" <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [char-misc-next] mei: add device type



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 18:54
> To: Winkler, Tomas <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
> Cc: Usyskin, Alexander <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?

Hmm, looks like I've forgot to 'git add' 
Thanks
Tomas