linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/1] hwmon: (hp-wmi-sensors) Support autoloading

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Message-ID: <d167915c-e55e-4c2b-b7dc-6f4bda2f3a34@roeck-us.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:04:12 -0700
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>, james@...iv.tech
Cc: jdelvare@...e.com, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/1] hwmon: (hp-wmi-sensors) Support autoloading

On 3/18/24 14:57, Armin Wolf wrote:
> Currently, the hp-wmi-sensors driver needs to be loaded manually
> on supported machines. This however is unnecessary since the WMI
> id table can be used to support autoloading.
> 
> However the driver might conflict with the hp-wmi driver since both
> seem to use the same WMI GUID for registering notify handler.
> 

I have no idea how this is supposed to be handled.
wmi_install_notify_handler() is marked as deprecated,
suggesting that the entire driver structure may be outdated.

> I am thus submitting this patch as an RFC for now.
> 

... and, given the above, I have no idea what to do with it, sorry.

Guenter