linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 1/3] Documentation: admin-guide: Update i8k driver name

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Date:   Sun, 9 Jan 2022 12:12:25 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>, pali@...nel.org
Cc:     jdelvare@...e.com, linux@...ck-us.net, corbet@....net,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 1/3] Documentation: admin-guide: Update i8k
 driver name

Hi--

On 1/9/22 11:43, Armin Wolf wrote:
> The driver should be called dell_smm_hwmon, i8k is only
> an alias now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
> ---
>  .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         | 29 ++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 2fba82431efb..cb1331f85444 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -935,6 +935,24 @@
>  			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
>  			retrying.
> 
> +	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
> +			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
> +                        indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
> +                        hardware.
> +
> +        dell_smm_hwmon.force=
> +			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
> +			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
> +			blacklisted features.
> +
> +        dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
> +                        [HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
> +                        (disabled by default).
> +
> +        dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
> +			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
> +                        capability is set.

Please indent all of these with tabs instead of spaces.
It's mixed in this patch.

> +
>  	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
>  			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
>  			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
> @@ -1694,17 +1712,6 @@
> 
>  	i810=		[HW,DRM]
> 
> -	i8k.ignore_dmi	[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
> -			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
> -			hardware.
> -	i8k.force	[HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
> -			does not match list of supported models.
> -	i8k.power_status
> -			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
> -			(disabled by default)
> -	i8k.restricted	[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
> -			capability is set.
> -
>  	i915.invert_brightness=
>  			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
>  			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
> --
> 2.30.2
> 

thanks.
-- 
~Randy