char and misc drivers · Supported

Maintainers

• M Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
• M Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Paths

• F drivers/char/
• F drivers/misc/
• F include/linux/miscdevice.h
• F rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs
• F samples/rust/rust_misc_device.rs
• X drivers/char/agp/
• X drivers/char/hw_random/
• X drivers/char/ipmi/
• X drivers/char/random.c
• X drivers/char/tpm/

Last 30 days

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on linux-acpi (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• COOLING6d [PATCH 2/4] drivers/misc: add Goodix GXFP5130 eSPI fingerprint sensor driver
  2026-07-18 · Metehan Günen <hidden>
• COLD20d [PATCH v1] sonypi: Stop setting acpi_device_name/class()
  2026-07-06 · "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
• COOLING10d [PATCH 31/32] treewide: convert rdmsrq() from a macro to an inline function
  2026-06-29 · Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
• COLD48d [PATCH 04/11] treewide: Convert struct kernel_param_ops initializers to DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS
  2026-05-21 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• STALE83d [PATCH v6 27/27] misc: lan966x_pci: Add drivers needed to support SFPs in Kconfig help
  2026-03-25 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE83d [PATCH v6 26/27] misc: lan966x_pci: Sort the drivers list in Kconfig help
  2026-03-25 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE83d [PATCH v6 25/27] misc: lan966x_pci: Add dtsi/dtso nodes in order to support SFPs
  2026-03-25 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE83d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH v6 24/27] misc: lan966x_pci: Introduce board specific data
  2026-03-25 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE83d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v6 23/27] PCI: Add Microchip LAN9662 PCI Device ID
  2026-03-25 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE83d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH v6 22/27] misc: lan966x_pci: Rename lan966x_pci.dtso to lan966x_evb_lan9662_nic.dtso
  2026-03-25 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE83d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH v6 21/27] misc: lan966x_pci: Split dtso in dtsi/dtso
  2026-03-25 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE83d [PATCH v6 20/27] misc: lan966x_pci: Fix dtso nodes ordering
  2026-03-25 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE138d [PATCH v5 28/28] misc: lan966x_pci: Add drivers needed to support SFPs in Kconfig help
  2026-02-27 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE138d [PATCH v5 27/28] misc: lan966x_pci: Sort the drivers list in Kconfig help
  2026-02-27 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE138d [PATCH v5 26/28] misc: lan966x_pci: Add dtsi/dtso nodes in order to support SFPs
  2026-02-27 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE138d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH v5 25/28] misc: lan966x_pci: Introduce board specific data
  2026-02-27 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE138d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v5 24/28] PCI: Add Microchip LAN9662 PCI Device ID
  2026-02-27 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE138d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH v5 23/28] misc: lan966x_pci: Rename lan966x_pci.dtso to lan966x_evb_lan9662_nic.dtso
  2026-02-27 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE138d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH v5 22/28] misc: lan966x_pci: Split dtso in dtsi/dtso
  2026-02-27 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE138d [PATCH v5 21/28] misc: lan966x_pci: Fix dtso nodes ordering
  2026-02-27 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE134d [PATCH v1] sonypi: Convert ACPI driver to a platform one
  2026-02-23 · "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
• STALE137d [PATCH v1] hpet: Convert ACPI driver to a platform one
  2026-02-23 · "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
• STALE188d [PATCH v4 29/29] misc: lan966x_pci: Add drivers needed to support SFPs in Kconfig help
  2025-10-15 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE188d [PATCH v4 28/29] misc: lan966x_pci: Sort the drivers list in Kconfig help
  2025-10-15 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE188d [PATCH v4 27/29] misc: lan966x_pci: Add dtsi/dtso nodes in order to support SFPs
  2025-10-15 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE188d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH v4 26/29] misc: lan966x_pci: Introduce board specific data
  2025-10-15 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE188d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v4 25/29] PCI: Add Microchip LAN9662 PCI Device ID
  2025-10-15 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE188d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH v4 24/29] misc: lan966x_pci: Rename lan966x_pci.dtso to lan966x_evb_lan9662_nic.dtso
  2025-10-15 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE188d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH v4 23/29] misc: lan966x_pci: Split dtso in dtsi/dtso
  2025-10-15 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE188d [PATCH v4 22/29] misc: lan966x_pci: Fix dtso nodes ordering
  2025-10-15 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• STALE138d [PATCH v5 21/28] misc: lan966x_pci: Fix dtso nodes ordering
  2026-02-27 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE138d [PATCH v5 26/28] misc: lan966x_pci: Add dtsi/dtso nodes in order to support SFPs
  2026-02-27 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE138d [PATCH v5 27/28] misc: lan966x_pci: Sort the drivers list in Kconfig help
  2026-02-27 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE138d [PATCH v5 28/28] misc: lan966x_pci: Add drivers needed to support SFPs in Kconfig help
  2026-02-27 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE83d [PATCH v6 25/27] misc: lan966x_pci: Add dtsi/dtso nodes in order to support SFPs
  2026-03-25 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE83d [PATCH v6 26/27] misc: lan966x_pci: Sort the drivers list in Kconfig help
  2026-03-25 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
• STALE83d [PATCH v6 27/27] misc: lan966x_pci: Add drivers needed to support SFPs in Kconfig help
  2026-03-25 · Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>