Hi--
On 10/30/21 11:28 AM, Hans de Goede wrote:
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
index b110a2e6b8f3..9cb8d33cc6e1 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
@@ -981,17 +981,19 @@ config MLX_PLATFORM
If you have a Mellanox system, say Y or M here.
-config TOUCHSCREEN_DMI
- bool "DMI based touchscreen configuration info"
- depends on ACPI && DMI && I2C=y && TOUCHSCREEN_SILEAD
+config DMI_DEVICE_PROPERTIES
+ bool "DMI based extra device properties"
DMI-based
+ depends on ACPI && DMI && I2C=y
select EFI_EMBEDDED_FIRMWARE if EFI
help
- Certain ACPI based tablets with e.g. Silead or Chipone touchscreens
- do not have enough data in ACPI tables for the touchscreen driver to
- handle the touchscreen properly, as OEMs expect the data to be baked
- into the tablet model specific version of the driver shipped with the
- the OS-image for the device. This option supplies the missing info.
- Enable this for x86 tablets with Silead or Chipone touchscreens.
+ Sometimes ACPI based x86 devices do not have enough data in their ACPI
ACPI-based
+ tables to fully describe the hardware. This option enables support for
+ supplying the missing info based on DMI (vendor & model string)
+ matching for devices where this info has been added to the
+ dmi-device-properties code.
+
+ This option is often necessary for correct operation of x86 based
x86-based
+ tablets and 2-in-1 devices. If in doubt, say Y here.
--
~Randy
