Pull char / misc driver patches from Greg KH:
 "Here's the big driver misc / char pull request for 3.17-rc1.

  Lots of things in here, the thunderbolt support for Apple laptops,
  some other new drivers, testing fixes, and other good things.  All
  have been in linux-next for a long time"

* tag 'char-misc-3.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (119 commits)
  misc: bh1780: Introduce the use of devm_kzalloc
  Lattice ECP3 FPGA: Correct endianness
  drivers/misc/ti-st: Load firmware from ti-connectivity directory.
  dt-bindings: extcon: Add support for SM5502 MUIC device
  extcon: sm5502: Change internal hardware switch according to cable type
  extcon: sm5502: Detect cable state after completing platform booting
  extcon: sm5502: Add support new SM5502 extcon device driver
  extcon: arizona: Get MICVDD against extcon device
  extcon: Remove unnecessary OOM messages
  misc: vexpress: Fix sparse non static symbol warnings
  mei: drop unused hw dependent fw status functions
  misc: bh1770glc: Use managed functions
  pcmcia: remove DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE usage
  misc: remove DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE usage
  ipack: Replace DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE macro use
  drivers/char/dsp56k.c: drop check for negativity of unsigned parameter
  mei: fix return value on disconnect timeout
  mei: don't schedule suspend in pm idle
  mei: start disconnect request timer consistently
  mei: reset client connection state on timeout
  ...