Re: [PATCH 0/6] platform/x86: acerhdf: new BIOS string, better modparam handling

From: Peter Feuerer
Date: Fri Sep 21 2018 - 02:30:08 EST


Hi,

21. September 2018 03:45, "Paul Gortmaker" <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb:

> I came across this older netbook over the xmas holidays, and noticed the
> acerhdf driver wouldn't load. Turns out the BIOS string was too new,
> and not listed in the driver. There were module params for overrides,
> but I found their use isn't quite clear without reading the source.
>
> Here I clarify some of the module parameter usage, and then add the new
> BIOS string, so they won't be needed for this particular platform. Some
> probe code is also shifted out to be __init to reduce the driver size a
> bit. Further details can be found in the respective commit logs.
>
> Since it was months ago when I created these patches, I retested on top
> of tree to ensure things still work, as can be seen below.

Thanks a lot for your work and this set of changes. This improves quality.
I reviewed all 6 patches.

Reviewed-by: Peter Feuerer <peter@xxxxxxxx>

Please also add CC: Boris Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> for review.

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kind regards,
--peter;