Messages in this thread | | | From | Ilpo Järvinen <> | Date | Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:53:53 +0200 (EET) | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] platform: arm64: Add Acer Aspire 1 embedded controller driver |
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On Fri, 15 Mar 2024, Nikita Travkin wrote:
> Acer Aspire 1 is a Snapdragon 7c based laptop. It uses an embedded > controller to perform a set of various functions, such as: > > - Battery and charger monitoring; > - Keyboard layout control (i.e. fn_lock settings); > - USB Type-C DP alt mode HPD notifications; > - Laptop lid status. > > Unfortunately, while all this functionality is implemented in ACPI, it's > currently not possible to use ACPI to boot Linux on such Qualcomm > devices. To allow Linux to still support the features provided by EC, > this driver reimplments the relevant ACPI parts. This allows us to boot > the laptop with Device Tree and retain all the features. > > Reviewed-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org> > Signed-off-by: Nikita Travkin <nikita@trvn.ru>
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
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