Re: [RFC PATCH 0/9] Add support for Microsoft Surface System Aggregator Module

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 6:32 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 5:15 PM Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > The Surface System Aggregator Module (we'll refer to it as Surface
> > Aggregator or SAM below) is an embedded controller (EC) found on various
> > Microsoft Surface devices. Specifically, all 4th and later generation
> > Surface devices, i.e. Surface Pro 4, Surface Book 1 and later, with the
> > exception of the Surface Go series and the Surface Duo. Notably, it
> > seems like this EC can also be found on the ARM-based Surface Pro X [1].
>
> I think this should go to drivers/platform/x86 or drivers/platform/surface/
> along with other laptop vendor specific code rather than drivers/misc/.

+1 here. drivers/platform/surface is a good place to start.
And you may begin with moving a few Surface drivers out of PDx86 to
the new folder.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko