Toshiba Laptops To Be Better Supported By Linux 4.3, The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Too

The platform drivers pull for Linux x4.3 has big improvements to the Toshiba ACPI driver. Some of the Toshiba ACPI work includes adding a new /dev/toshiba_acpi device, transflective backlight updates, a set_fan_status function, and various other changes.
Other updated platform x86 driver updates for Linux 4.3 include a support driver for Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet buttons, Yoga 2 /3 additions to the ideapad-laptop driver, a new key for the ASUS F3M in the asus-laptop driver, and various other updates and code clean-ups.
More details on the Toshiba ACPI platform updates can be found via this pull request.
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