linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9] platform/chrome: Add ChromeOS ACPI device driver

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Date:   Fri, 6 May 2022 16:03:11 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Mark Gross <markgross@...nel.org>,
        Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
        Enric Balletbo i Serra <eballetbo@...il.com>,
        Collabora Kernel ML <kernel@...labora.com>,
        groeck@...omium.org, dtor@...omium.org, gwendal@...omium.org,
        vbendeb@...omium.org, andy@...radead.org,
        Ayman Bagabas <ayman.bagabas@...il.com>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Blaž Hrastnik <blaz@...n.io>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Jeremy Soller <jeremy@...tem76.com>,
        Mattias Jacobsson <2pi@....nu>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        Rajat Jain <rajatja@...gle.com>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        chrome-platform@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] platform/chrome: Add ChromeOS ACPI device driver

On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 02:57:18PM +0500, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> From: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>
> 
> The x86 Chromebooks have the ChromeOS ACPI device. This driver attaches
> to the ChromeOS ACPI device and exports the values reported by ACPI in a
> sysfs directory. This data isn't present in ACPI tables when read
> through ACPI tools, hence a driver is needed to do it. The driver gets
> data from firmware using the ACPI component of the kernel. The ACPI values
> are presented in string form (numbers as decimal values) or binary
> blobs, and can be accessed as the contents of the appropriate read only
> files in the standard ACPI device's sysfs directory tree. This data is
> consumed by the ChromeOS user space.
> 
> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>
> Co-developed-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
> ---
> The driver's implementation has been changed completely after Greg's
> comment. I've updated the authorship of the module to myself. Enric,
> Please let me know if yuo are comfortable with this.
> 
> Changes in v9:
> - Changed the implementation completely
> - Move the driver to drivers/platform/chrome
> - Remove Acked-by Rafael as driver has changed
> - Corrected some typos
> - Changed the author of the module

Looks like you need a v10 :(