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([2600:1700:e321:62f0:329c:23ff:fee3:9d7c]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id gb17-20020a056870671100b001f9fe9e05desm621658oab.36.2023.11.30.20.17.56 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 30 Nov 2023 20:17:57 -0800 (PST) Sender: Guenter Roeck Message-ID: <13fb95af-bf92-4539-bece-b3d1fecaadc3@roeck-us.net> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 20:17:55 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/9] hwmon: (dell-smm) Add support for WMI SMM interface Content-Language: en-US To: Armin Wolf , pali@kernel.org Cc: jdelvare@suse.com, hdegoede@redhat.com, markgross@kernel.org, ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20231123004820.50635-1-W_Armin@gmx.de> From: Guenter Roeck Autocrypt: addr=linux@roeck-us.net; keydata= xsFNBE6H1WcBEACu6jIcw5kZ5dGeJ7E7B2uweQR/4FGxH10/H1O1+ApmcQ9i87XdZQiB9cpN RYHA7RCEK2dh6dDccykQk3bC90xXMPg+O3R+C/SkwcnUak1UZaeK/SwQbq/t0tkMzYDRxfJ7 nyFiKxUehbNF3r9qlJgPqONwX5vJy4/GvDHdddSCxV41P/ejsZ8PykxyJs98UWhF54tGRWFl 7i1xvaDB9lN5WTLRKSO7wICuLiSz5WZHXMkyF4d+/O5ll7yz/o/JxK5vO/sduYDIlFTvBZDh gzaEtNf5tQjsjG4io8E0Yq0ViobLkS2RTNZT8ICq/Jmvl0SpbHRvYwa2DhNsK0YjHFQBB0FX IdhdUEzNefcNcYvqigJpdICoP2e4yJSyflHFO4dr0OrdnGLe1Zi/8Xo/2+M1dSSEt196rXaC kwu2KgIgmkRBb3cp2vIBBIIowU8W3qC1+w+RdMUrZxKGWJ3juwcgveJlzMpMZNyM1jobSXZ0 VHGMNJ3MwXlrEFPXaYJgibcg6brM6wGfX/LBvc/haWw4yO24lT5eitm4UBdIy9pKkKmHHh7s jfZJkB5fWKVdoCv/omy6UyH6ykLOPFugl+hVL2Prf8xrXuZe1CMS7ID9Lc8FaL1ROIN/W8Vk BIsJMaWOhks//7d92Uf3EArDlDShwR2+D+AMon8NULuLBHiEUQARAQABzTJHdWVudGVyIFJv ZWNrIChMaW51eCBhY2NvdW50KSA8bGludXhAcm9lY2stdXMubmV0PsLBgQQTAQIAKwIbAwYL CQgHAwIGFQgCCQoLBBYCAwECHgECF4ACGQEFAlVcphcFCRmg06EACgkQyx8mb86fmYFg0RAA nzXJzuPkLJaOmSIzPAqqnutACchT/meCOgMEpS5oLf6xn5ySZkl23OxuhpMZTVX+49c9pvBx hpvl5bCWFu5qC1jC2eWRYU+aZZE4sxMaAGeWenQJsiG9lP8wkfCJP3ockNu0ZXXAXwIbY1O1 c+l11zQkZw89zNgWgKobKzrDMBFOYtAh0pAInZ9TSn7oA4Ctejouo5wUugmk8MrDtUVXmEA9 7f9fgKYSwl/H7dfKKsS1bDOpyJlqhEAH94BHJdK/b1tzwJCFAXFhMlmlbYEk8kWjcxQgDWMu GAthQzSuAyhqyZwFcOlMCNbAcTSQawSo3B9yM9mHJne5RrAbVz4TWLnEaX8gA5xK3uCNCeyI sqYuzA4OzcMwnnTASvzsGZoYHTFP3DQwf2nzxD6yBGCfwNGIYfS0i8YN8XcBgEcDFMWpOQhT Pu3HeztMnF3HXrc0t7e5rDW9zCh3k2PA6D2NV4fews9KDFhLlTfCVzf0PS1dRVVWM+4jVl6l HRIAgWp+2/f8dx5vPc4Ycp4IsZN0l1h9uT7qm1KTwz+sSl1zOqKD/BpfGNZfLRRxrXthvvY8 BltcuZ4+PGFTcRkMytUbMDFMF9Cjd2W9dXD35PEtvj8wnEyzIos8bbgtLrGTv/SYhmPpahJA l8hPhYvmAvpOmusUUyB30StsHIU2LLccUPPOwU0ETofVZwEQALlLbQeBDTDbwQYrj0gbx3bq 7kpKABxN2MqeuqGr02DpS9883d/t7ontxasXoEz2GTioevvRmllJlPQERVxM8gQoNg22twF7 pB/zsrIjxkE9heE4wYfN1AyzT+AxgYN6f8hVQ7Nrc9XgZZe+8IkuW/Nf64KzNJXnSH4u6nJM J2+Dt274YoFcXR1nG76Q259mKwzbCukKbd6piL+VsT/qBrLhZe9Ivbjq5WMdkQKnP7gYKCAi pNVJC4enWfivZsYupMd9qn7Uv/oCZDYoBTdMSBUblaLMwlcjnPpOYK5rfHvC4opxl+P/Vzyz 6WC2TLkPtKvYvXmdsI6rnEI4Uucg0Au/Ulg7aqqKhzGPIbVaL+U0Wk82nz6hz+WP2ggTrY1w ZlPlRt8WM9w6WfLf2j+PuGklj37m+KvaOEfLsF1v464dSpy1tQVHhhp8LFTxh/6RWkRIR2uF I4v3Xu/k5D0LhaZHpQ4C+xKsQxpTGuYh2tnRaRL14YMW1dlI3HfeB2gj7Yc8XdHh9vkpPyuT nY/ZsFbnvBtiw7GchKKri2gDhRb2QNNDyBnQn5mRFw7CyuFclAksOdV/sdpQnYlYcRQWOUGY HhQ5eqTRZjm9z+qQe/T0HQpmiPTqQcIaG/edgKVTUjITfA7AJMKLQHgp04Vylb+G6jocnQQX JqvvP09whbqrABEBAAHCwWUEGAECAA8CGwwFAlVcpi8FCRmg08MACgkQyx8mb86fmYHNRQ/+ J0OZsBYP4leJvQF8lx9zif+v4ZY/6C9tTcUv/KNAE5leyrD4IKbnV4PnbrVhjq861it/zRQW cFpWQszZyWRwNPWUUz7ejmm9lAwPbr8xWT4qMSA43VKQ7ZCeTQJ4TC8kjqtcbw41SjkjrcTG wF52zFO4bOWyovVAPncvV9eGA/vtnd3xEZXQiSt91kBSqK28yjxAqK/c3G6i7IX2rg6pzgqh hiH3/1qM2M/LSuqAv0Rwrt/k+pZXE+B4Ud42hwmMr0TfhNxG+X7YKvjKC+SjPjqp0CaztQ0H nsDLSLElVROxCd9m8CAUuHplgmR3seYCOrT4jriMFBtKNPtj2EE4DNV4s7k0Zy+6iRQ8G8ng QjsSqYJx8iAR8JRB7Gm2rQOMv8lSRdjva++GT0VLXtHULdlzg8VjDnFZ3lfz5PWEOeIMk7Rj trjv82EZtrhLuLjHRCaG50OOm0hwPSk1J64R8O3HjSLdertmw7eyAYOo4RuWJguYMg5DRnBk WkRwrSuCn7UG+qVWZeKEsFKFOkynOs3pVbcbq1pxbhk3TRWCGRU5JolI4ohy/7JV1TVbjiDI HP/aVnm6NC8of26P40Pg8EdAhajZnHHjA7FrJXsy3cyIGqvg9os4rNkUWmrCfLLsZDHD8FnU mDW4+i+XlNFUPUYMrIKi9joBhu18ssf5i5Q= In-Reply-To: <20231123004820.50635-1-W_Armin@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 11/22/23 16:48, Armin Wolf wrote: > This patch series adds support for an alternative SMM calling > backend to the dell-smm-hwmon driver. The reason for this is > that on some modern machines, the legacy SMM calling interface > does not work anymore and the SMM handler can be called over > ACPI WMI instead. > > The first four patches prepare the driver by allowing to > specify different SMM calling backends, and by moving most of > the DMI handling into i8k_init() so that the DMI tables can > keep their __initconst attributes (the WMI SMM backend driver > does not probe at module init time). The fifth patch does some > minor cleanup, while the next three patches implement the new > WMI SMM calling backend. The last patch adds the machine of > the user who requested and tested the changes to the fan control > whitelist. > > If the driver does not detect the legacy SMM interface, either > because the machine is not whitelisted or because the SMM handler > does not react, it registers an WMI driver which will then bound > to the WMI SMM interface and do the remaining initialization. > > The deprecated procfs interface is not supported when using the > WMI SMM calling backend for the following reason: the WMI driver > can potentially be instantiated multiple times while the deprectated > procfs interface cannot. This should not cause any regressions > because on machines supporting only the WMI SMM interface, the > driver would, until now, not load anyway. > > All patches where tested on a Dell Inspiron 3505 and a Dell > OptiPlex 7000. > Series applied. Thanks, Guenter