Re: [PATCH v3] platform/wmi: Move ASUS platform drivers from x86 to wmi/asus

From: Ilpo Järvinen

Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 06:14:33 EST


On Fri, 16 Oct 2026, chipang_kao wrote:

> Hi Armin, Hans, and all,
>
> I tried moving the ASUS-related platform drivers from
> drivers/platform/x86 to a dedicated drivers/platform/asus/
> directory. Most drivers compile successfully after this
> restructuring, except for asus-armoury.c, which depends on
> firmware_attributes_class currently defined in
> drivers/platform/x86/firmware_attributes_class.c.
>
> I found that Sean Rhodes has submitted a similar change to
> move the firmware attributes class:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ar0DNFlI7MEA8zp2@tzungbi-laptop/
>
> The patch has been applied to the Chrome Platform tree's
> for-firmware-next branch, but I haven't found a corresponding
> pull request to Linus' tree.

As per the the usual process, PRs for branches containing new
features/refactors are only made during merge window (i.e., around now).

> Is this change expected to be sent to mainline for an
> upcoming merge window?

It is now in Linus' tree.

I'll try to get platform drivers PR done today as well.

--
i.