The new SMBus(2.0) driver will be submit to upstream this week. But if OEMs use BMC and Bios for smbus communication, then no new SMBus driver will not be a problem.
The commit IDs for MFD and device id updates are:
1fc9b1eade80b323f02a9cf7a29e1641eddf1052 pci_ids: Add Intel Centerton Legacy Block DeviceID
77820ffae678fa7ff6cc155354825b6b1a023afb gpio: Add Intel Centerton support to gpio-sch
8ee3c2a79fe1df10bccd110d5b8cc13c5b9da709 lpc_sch: Add Intel Centerton Multifunction Device support
805b237a63f686f87870af000a5ac464633cb9c8 mfd: Change tunnelcreek watchdog name on the lpc_sch subdevices array
The new SMBus(2.0) driver will be submit to upstream this week. But if OEMs use BMC and Bios for smbus communication, then no new SMBus driver will not be a problem.
The commit IDs for MFD and device id updates are: 3f02a9cf7a29e16 41eddf1052 pci_ids: Add Intel Centerton Legacy Block DeviceID ff6cc155354825b 6b1a023afb gpio: Add Intel Centerton support to gpio-sch 0bccd110d5b8cc1 3c5b9da709 lpc_sch: Add Intel Centerton Multifunction Device support 87870af000a5ac4 64633cb9c8 mfd: Change tunnelcreek watchdog name on the lpc_sch subdevices array
1fc9b1eade80b32
77820ffae678fa7
8ee3c2a79fe1df1
805b237a63f686f
The above commits are all in kernel 3.5 now.