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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4] platform: x86: Add ACPI driver for ChromeOS
On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 09:28:36PM +0000, Mario.Limonciello@dell.com wrote:
> >
> > To give you some references, if I'm not wrong, this prefix is used in all
> > or
> > almost all Intel Chromebook devices (auron, cyan, eve, fizz, hatch,
> > octopus,
> > poppy, strago ...) The ACPI source for this device can be found here [1],
> > and,
> > if not all, almost all Intel based Chromebooks are shipped with the
> > firmware
> > that supports this.
>
> You can potentially carry a small patch in your downstream kernel for the
> legacy stuff until it reaches EOL. At least for the new stuff you could
> enact a process that properly reserves unique numbers and changes the driver
> when the interface provided by the ACPI device has changed.

If we use this prefix for hatch EOL is ~7 years from now.

Thanks.

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Dmitry

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