Re: [PATCH 0/6] platform/x86: acerhdf: new BIOS string, better modparam handling

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On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 2:09 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 9:20 AM Peter Feuerer <peter@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > 21. September 2018 03:45, "Paul Gortmaker" <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb:
> >
> > > I came across this older netbook over the xmas holidays, and noticed the
> > > acerhdf driver wouldn't load. Turns out the BIOS string was too new,
> > > and not listed in the driver. There were module params for overrides,
> > > but I found their use isn't quite clear without reading the source.
> > >
> > > Here I clarify some of the module parameter usage, and then add the new
> > > BIOS string, so they won't be needed for this particular platform. Some
> > > probe code is also shifted out to be __init to reduce the driver size a
> > > bit. Further details can be found in the respective commit logs.
> > >
> > > Since it was months ago when I created these patches, I retested on top
> > > of tree to ensure things still work, as can be seen below.
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your work and this set of changes.  This improves quality.
> > I reviewed all 6 patches.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Peter Feuerer <peter@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Please also add CC: Boris Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> for review.
>
> Shall I wait for Boris'  tags?

Anyway, all suggested changes look good to me, I go ahead and push
them to my review and testing queue.
If nothing happens during let's say a week, I will move them forward.

Thanks!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



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