Re: [PATCH 0/7] msi-wmi driver and cleanups

Anisse Astier
2009-12-15T09:55:31Z

On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:18:12 +0100, Anisse Astier <anisse@astier.eu> wrote :

> This driver adds support for WMI-based hotkeys and backlight for some MSI
> laptops and all-in-one computers.
>
> This driver was sent in the end of october by Thomas Renninger
> (cf http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/55944/ ). I'm re-sending it as-is (I
> just added my Reviewed-by:); it is the first patch of this serie because
> it doesn't look like it has been integrated yet in Len's ACPI tree.
>
> Other patches are just a follow-up to my previous comments on this driver,
> that I would like to see merged for 2.6.33.
>
> Please note that the last patch of this serie requires Dmitry's input next
> tree to have the sparse keymap library.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anisse
>
>
> Anisse Astier (6):
Anisse Astier (7):
> msi-wmi: remove useless includes
> msi-wmi: rework init
> msi-wmi: remove custom runtime debug implementation
> msi-wmi: remove unused field 'instance' in key_entry structure
> msi-wmi: replace one-condition switch-case with if statement
> msi-wmi: switch to using input sparse keymap library
msi-wmi: depend on backlight and fix corner-cases problems
>
> Thomas Renninger (1):
> X86 drivers: Introduce msi-wmi driver
>
> drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig | 11 ++
> drivers/platform/x86/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c | 286 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 298 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
>

So, if there is no other objection on this, what path can this (small) driver
take to go upstream?
Thomas' goal was to have it through Len's ACPI tree. Len, what's you opinion?

Regards,

Anisse