Surface Hot-Plug Driver
modulename: surface_hotplug.ko
configname: CONFIG_SURFACE_HOTPLUG
Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Device Drivers
└─>Microsoft Surface Platform-Specific Device Drivers
└─>GPIO Support
└─>Surface Hot-Plug Driver
In linux kernel since version 5.2 (release Date: 2019-07-07)
Driver for out-of-band hot-plug event signaling on Microsoft Surface
devices with hot-pluggable PCIe cards.
This driver is used on Surface Book (2 and 3) devices with a
hot-pluggable discrete GPU (dGPU). When not in use, the dGPU on those
devices can enter D3cold, which prevents in-band (standard) PCIe
hot-plug signaling. Thus, without this driver, detaching the base
containing the dGPU will not correctly update the state of the
corresponding PCIe device if it is in D3cold. This driver adds support
for out-of-band hot-plug notifications, ensuring that the device state
is properly updated even when the device in question is in D3cold.
Select M or Y here, if you want to (fully) support hot-plugging of
dGPU devices on the Surface Book 2 and/or 3 during D3cold.
devices with hot-pluggable PCIe cards.
This driver is used on Surface Book (2 and 3) devices with a
hot-pluggable discrete GPU (dGPU). When not in use, the dGPU on those
devices can enter D3cold, which prevents in-band (standard) PCIe
hot-plug signaling. Thus, without this driver, detaching the base
containing the dGPU will not correctly update the state of the
corresponding PCIe device if it is in D3cold. This driver adds support
for out-of-band hot-plug notifications, ensuring that the device state
is properly updated even when the device in question is in D3cold.
Select M or Y here, if you want to (fully) support hot-plugging of
dGPU devices on the Surface Book 2 and/or 3 during D3cold.