linux-kernel - [PATCH] hwmon: (acpi_power_meter) Install IPMI handler for Dell systems

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Message-Id: <20231220051350.392350-1-kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 13:13:50 +0800
From: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
To: jdelvare@...e.com,
	linux@...ck-us.net
Cc: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>,
	linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] hwmon: (acpi_power_meter) Install IPMI handler for Dell systems

The following error can be observed at boot:
[    3.717920] ACPI Error: No handler for Region [SYSI] (00000000ab9e62c5) [IPMI] (20230628/evregion-130)
[    3.717928] ACPI Error: Region IPMI (ID=7) has no handler (20230628/exfldio-261)

[    3.717936] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_GHL]

[    3.717938] No Arguments are initialized for method [_GHL]

[    3.717940] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PMI0._GHL due to previous error (AE_NOT_EXIST) (20230628/psparse-529)
[    3.717949] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PMI0._PMC due to previous error (AE_NOT_EXIST) (20230628/psparse-529)
[    3.717957] ACPI: \_SB_.PMI0: _PMC evaluation failed: AE_NOT_EXIST

On Dell systems several methods of acpi_power_meter access variables in
IPMI region [0], so request module 'ipmi_si' which will load 'acpi_ipmi'
and install the region handler accordingly.

[0] https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/redhat-enterprise-linux-v8.0/rhel8_rn_pub/advanced-configuration-and-power-interface-acpi-error-messages-displayed-in-dmesg?guid=guid-0d5ae482-1977-42cf-b417-3ed5c3f5ee62

Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c b/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
index 703666b95bf4..b9db53166bc9 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
@@ -882,6 +882,8 @@ static int acpi_power_meter_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 	strcpy(acpi_device_name(device), ACPI_POWER_METER_DEVICE_NAME);
 	strcpy(acpi_device_class(device), ACPI_POWER_METER_CLASS);
 	device->driver_data = resource;
+	if (dmi_match(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."))
+		request_module("ipmi_si");
 
 	res = read_capabilities(resource);
 	if (res)
-- 
2.34.1