On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 21:18:06 +0100, Gergo Koteles wrote: > > Hi Takashi, > > On Sat, 2023-12-30 at 17:59 +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > Thanks, I guess I'll take this series later for 6.8 unless any > > objection is raised from reviewers. > > > > But, I'd like to hear clarifications of some points beforehand: > > > > - Did we get consensus about the ACPI HID? I didn't follow the > > previous thread completely. > > > > The INT8866 is a (wrong) PNP ID, that should only be used by the owner > "Interphase Corporation". > Intel has also mistakenly used the INT PNP prefix in the past, and now > TI/leNovo. Yeah, and the question is whether TI / Lenovo recognize the problem and will avoid such a failure in future again. > > Since those models have been already in the market for quite some > > time, we'd have to accept "INT8866", I'm afraid. But it's still > > very important to know whether a similar problem can be avoided in > > future. > > > > - Will be the firmware files upstreamed to linux-firmware tree later? > > Otherwise users will have significant difficulties. > > Shenghao sent the two files to linux-firmware@xxxxxxxxxx a few days > ago, but I think the "Allegedly GPLv2+ ... Found in hex form in kernel > source." Licence needs to be fixed before acceptance. OK, that sounds promising. > But even if it is not included in the linux-firmware package, it is > easier for users to put two files in place per OS installation than > patching the kernel. Sure. thanks, Takashi
