Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] x86: Easy way of detecting MS Surface 3

From: Alexander Shishkin
Date: Mon Mar 16 2020 - 11:33:08 EST


Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> While working on RTC regression, I noticed that we are using the same DMI check
> over and over in the drivers for MS Surface 3 platform. This series dedicated
> for making it easier in the same way how it's done for Apple machines.

[...]

> x86/quirks: Introduce hpet_dev_print_force_hpet_address() helper
> x86/quirks: Join string literals back

These two don't seem to be related to the Surface 3 cause of the rest of
the patchset, or am I missing something?

Regards,
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Alex