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

From: Winkler, Tomas
Date: Tue Jul 28 2020 - 14:09:17 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 18:54
> To: Winkler, Tomas <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Usyskin, Alexander <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx>; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > 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@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 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