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From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 8 Oct 2020 17:52:59 +0300
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] platform: Add Surface platform directory
To:     Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 5:35 PM Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It may make sense to split the Microsoft Surface hardware platform
> drivers out to a separate subdirectory, since some of it may be shared
> between ARM and x86 in the future (regarding devices like the Surface
> Pro X).
>
> Further, newer Surface devices will require additional platform drivers
> for fundamental support (mostly regarding their embedded controller),
> which may also warrant this split from a size perspective.
>
> This commit introduces a new platform/surface subdirectory for the
> Surface device family, with subsequent commits moving existing Surface
> drivers over from platform/x86.
>
> A new MAINTAINERS entry is added for this directory. Patches to files in
> this directory will be taken up by the platform-drivers-x86 team (i.e.
> Hans de Goede and Mark Gross) after they have been reviewed by
> Maximilian Luz.

Thanks for the patch, my minor comments below.

...

> +MICROSOFT SURFACE PLATFORM DRIVERS

(1)

> +M:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
> +M:     Mark Gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>
> +M:     Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@gmail.com>
> +L:     platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
> +S:     Maintained

> +T:     git git://git.infradead.org/linux-platform-drivers-x86.git

It's now on kernel.org.
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pdx86/platform-drivers-x86.git

> +F:     drivers/platform/surface/

> @@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MIPS)              += mips/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_OLPC_EC)          += olpc/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_GOLDFISH)         += goldfish/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_CHROME_PLATFORMS) += chrome/
> +obj-$(CONFIG_SURFACE_PLATFORM) += surface/

(2)

> +menuconfig SURFACE_PLATFORM

(3a)

> +if SURFACE_PLATFORM

(3b)

> +endif # SURFACE_PLATFORM

(3c)

I think in (1), (2) and (3) it makes sense to mimic Chrome, i.e. use
plural: PLATFORMS.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko