Re: [PATCH v6] platform/asus: Move ASUS platform drivers out of drivers/platform/x86
From: Denis Benato
Date: Tue Nov 10 2026 - 09:59:21 EST
10 nov 2026 15:48:16 Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:56:28 +0800, Chipang Kao wrote:
>
>> ASUS WMI and related platform drivers currently reside under
>> drivers/platform/x86/. However, with the emergence of ARM64 devices
>> utilizing ACPI WMI interfaces, maintaining these drivers exclusively
>> under x86 creates unnecessary architectural restrictions and Kconfig
>> duplications.
>>
>> To allow non-x86 architectures (such as ARM64) to select and build
>> the applicable ASUS platform drivers:
>> 1. Relocate all ASUS platform drivers and headers from
>> drivers/platform/x86/ to drivers/platform/asus/.
>> 2. Create dedicated Kconfig and Makefile under drivers/platform/asus/.
>> 3. Update drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig to remove duplicated entries.
>>
>> [...]
>
> Thank you for your contribution, it has been applied to my local
> review-ilpo-next branch. Note it will show up in the public
> platform-drivers-x86/review-ilpo-next branch only once I've pushed my
> local branch there, which might take a while.
>
> FYI [if applicable to your patch], as per Linus' policy change, also
> fixes are mostly routed through for-next unless the fix is for a
> commit introduced in the most recent cycle or is clearly a regression
> fix.
>
Hi Ilpo,
v5 was resent without my reviewed-by, can you please add it back? Thank you.
> The list of commits applied:
> [1/1] platform/asus: Move ASUS platform drivers out of drivers/platform/x86
> commit: 6e3b727ff3115a4f870bdcfafc3f6827c2d36676
>
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> i.