Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] platform/x86: simatic-ipc: add another model and hwmon module loading

[Henning Schild]

Am Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:48:29 +0200
schrieb Henning Schild <henning.schild@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> cahnged since v1:
>  - switch to using a list of modules per device
>  - add p3 and make the watchdog module load code use what p2 created
> 
> The first patch just adds a device that is pretty similar to another
> one we already had here.
> 
> The second patch loads modules for hwmon support, should they be
> available. That will save users the need to detect and manually load
> those modules after a machine has been clearly identified by its
> Siemens Simatic IPC station id.
> 
> And finally p3 changes another request_module call to use the
> mechanism introduced in p2.

Note that this is based on

 [PATCH 0/2] platform/x86: add CMOS battery monitoring for simatic IPCs

which is based on

 [PATCH v2 1/2] platform/x86: simatic-ipc: add another model BX-21A

Henning

> Henning Schild (3):
>   platform/x86: simatic-ipc: add another model
>   platform/x86: simatic-ipc: add auto-loading of hwmon modules
>   platform/x86: simatic-ipc: use extra module loading for watchdog
> 
>  drivers/platform/x86/simatic-ipc.c            | 74
> ++++++++++++++----- include/linux/platform_data/x86/simatic-ipc.h |
> 1 + 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>