linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] platform: Fix device check for surfacepro3

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Date:   Tue, 2 Jul 2019 03:25:51 +0200
From:   Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>
To:     Yu Chen <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] platform: Fix device check for surfacepro3_button

On 7/2/19 3:14 AM, Yu Chen wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 02:37:39AM +0200, Maximilian Luz wrote:
>> +/*
>> + * Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book 2 / Surface Pro 2017 use the same device
>> + * ID (MSHW0040) for the power/volume buttons. Make sure this is the right
>> + * device by checking for the _DSM method and OEM Platform Revision.
>> + */
>> +static int surface_button_check_MSHW0040(struct acpi_device *dev)
>> +{
>> +	acpi_handle handle = dev->handle;
>> +	union acpi_object *result;
>> +	u64 oem_platform_rev = 0;
>> +
>> +	// get OEM platform revision
>> +	result = acpi_evaluate_dsm_typed(handle, &MSHW0040_DSM_UUID,
>> +					 MSHW0040_DSM_REVISION,
>> +					 MSHW0040_DSM_GET_OMPR,
>> +					 NULL, ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER);
>> +
> Does it mean, only 5th, 6th and newer platforms have OEM platform revision?
> 3rd/4th will get NULL result? Or the opposite?

Correct, from my testing (with limited sample size) and AML code: 5th
and 6th generation devices have a non-zero OEM platform revision,
whereas 3rd and 4th gen. devices do not have any (i.e. result will be
NULL).

>> +	if (result) {
>> +		oem_platform_rev = result->integer.value;
>> +		ACPI_FREE(result);
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "OEM Platform Revision %llu\n", oem_platform_rev);
>> +
>> +	return oem_platform_rev == 0 ? 0 : -ENODEV;
> if 3rd/4th do not have this oem rev information while 5th/newer have,
> why the latter returns NODEV(it actually has this info)?

Since we always expect a non-zero platform revision (for 5th/6th gen.),
we can initialize it to zero and use that as "unknown"/"not available".
So if it can not be determined, we return NODEV.

>> +}

Cheers,
Maximilian