linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI / property: Support strings in Apple

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Message-ID: <478d993b-3011-f335-139e-1f98db6f6b00@marcan.st>
Date:   Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:21:45 +0900
From:   Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>
To:     Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, asahi@...ts.kernel.dev,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI / property: Support strings in Apple _DSM props

On 25/04/2023 05.20, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 03:46:57PM +0900, Hector Martin wrote:
>> The Wi-Fi module in x86 Apple machines has a "module-instance" device
>> property that specifies the platform type and is used for firmware
>> selection. Its value is a string, so add support for string values in
>> acpi_extract_apple_properties().
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
>> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>
> 
> I was about to review this when I spotted my Reviewed-by tag above.
> Turns out this was first submitted 16 months ago.  Wow, time flies!
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211226182012.GA5527@wunner.de/

Yup, the original series was never merged and I've been pushing the
brcmfmac bits piecewise over time instead... and then I completely
forgot about this patch, which turns out to (now) be the last missing
piece for WiFi to work on Apple T2 Macs :).

- Hector