Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Convert to new hwmon registration api

["Pali Rohár" <pali@kernel.org>]

On Friday 28 May 2021 19:37:10 W_Armin@gmx.de wrote:
> From: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
> 
> This patch series is converting the dell-smm-hwmon driver
> to the new hwmon registration API. In order to do so,
> it introduces a platform device in the first patch, and
> applies some optimisations in the next three patches.
> The switch to the new hwmon registration API is done in
> the last patch.
> 
> The caching of the fan/temp values was modified to better fit
> the new hwmon API.
> 
> The patches work fine for my Dell Latitude C600, but i whould
> appreciate someone testing the code on another model too.
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Fix coverletter title
> - Update docs regarding pwm1_enable
> 
> Armin Wolf (6):
>   hwmon: (dell-smm-hwmon) Use platform device
>   hwmon: (dell-smm-hwmon) Mark functions as __init
>   hwmon: (dell-smm-hwmon) Use devm_add_action_or_reset()
>   hwmon: (dell-smm-hwmon) Move variables into a driver private data
>     structure
>   hwmon: (dell-smm-hwmon) Convert to
>     devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info()
>   hwmon: (dell-smm-hwmon) Update docs
> 
>  Documentation/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.rst |   2 +-
>  drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c         | 860 ++++++++++++-------------
>  2 files changed, 426 insertions(+), 436 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> 2.20.1
> 

Hello! I tried to apply this patch series but it failed on error
malformed patch. I guess that it is because patches in emails were sent
in quoted-printable transfer encoding (instead of transparent 8-bit).
I will look later how to convert them into 8-bit, for clean apply.