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

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Sep 26 2018 - 07:09:40 EST


On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 9:20 AM Peter Feuerer <peter@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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.

Shall I wait for Boris' tags?

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> [...]
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> --
> kind regards,
> --peter;



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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko