linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/9] platform/x86: introduce asus-armoury driver

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Message-Id: <e345d94c-6151-4e3f-96dc-7a4d167c8a58@app.fastmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:44:58 +1200
From: "Luke Jones" <luke@...nes.dev>
To: "Mario Limonciello" <superm1@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-input@...r.kernel.org, "Benjamin Tissoires" <bentiss@...nel.org>,
 "Jiri Kosina" <jikos@...nel.org>, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
 Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
 "Hans de Goede" <hdegoede@...hat.com>, corentin.chary@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/9] platform/x86: introduce asus-armoury driver

On Fri, 27 Sep 2024, at 2:50 AM, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> On 9/26/2024 04:29, Luke D. Jones wrote:
> > his is the first major patch I've ever done with the intention of
> 
> s/his/This/
> 
> > introducing a new module, so it's highly likely I've made some mistakes
> > or misunderstood something.
> > 
> > TL;DR:
> > 1. introduce new module to contain bios attributes, using fw_attributes_class
> > 2. deprecate all possible attributes from asus-wmi that were added ad-hoc
> > 3. remove those in the next LTS cycle
> > 
> > The idea for this originates from a conversation with Mario Limonciello
> > https://lore.kernel.org/platform-driver-x86/371d4109-a3bb-4c3b-802f-4ec27a945c99@amd.com/
> > 
> > It is without a doubt much cleaner to use, easier to discover, and the
> > API is well defined as opposed to the random clutter of attributes I had
> > been placing in the platform sysfs.
> > 
> > There is some discussion on-going regarding the way tuning knobs such as
> > the PPT_* should work with platform_profile. This may result in the creation
> > of an extra profile type "Custom" to signify that the user has adjusted
> > things away from the defaults used by profiles such as "balanced" or "quiet".
> 
> Yeah this is under discussion on my RFC patch series.  Based on the 
> outcome of that we can modify asus-armoury later on for it.

Perfect

> > 
> > Regards,
> > Luke
> > 
> > Changelog:
> > - v1
> >    - Initial submission
> > - v2
> >    - Too many changes to list, but all concerns raised in previous submission addressed.
> >    - History: https://lore.kernel.org/platform-driver-x86/20240716051612.64842-1-luke@ljones.dev/
> > - v3
> >    - All concerns addressed.
> >    - History: https://lore.kernel.org/platform-driver-x86/20240806020747.365042-1-luke@ljones.dev/
> > - v4
> >    - Use EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL() for the symbols required in this patch series
> >    - Add patch for hid-asus due to the use of EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL()
> >    - Split the PPT knobs out to a separate patch
> >    - Split the hd_panel setting out to a new patch
> >    - Clarify some of APU MEM configuration and convert int to hex
> >    - Rename deprecated Kconfig option to ASUS_WMI_DEPRECATED_ATTRS
> >    - Fixup cyclic dependency in Kconfig
> > 
> > Luke D. Jones (9):
> >    platform/x86: asus-wmi: export symbols used for read/write WMI
> >    hid-asus: Add MODULE_IMPORT_NS(ASUS_WMI)
> >    platform/x86: asus-armoury: move existing tunings to asus-armoury
> >      module
> >    platform/x86: asus-armoury: add panel_hd_mode attribute
> >    platform/x86: asus-armoury: add the ppt_* and nv_* tuning knobs
> >    platform/x86: asus-armoury: add dgpu tgp control
> >    platform/x86: asus-armoury: add apu-mem control support
> >    platform/x86: asus-armoury: add core count control
> >    platform/x86: asus-wmi: deprecate bios features
> > 
> >   .../ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-asus-wmi       |   17 +
> >   drivers/hid/hid-asus.c                        |    1 +
> >   drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig                  |   22 +
> >   drivers/platform/x86/Makefile                 |    1 +
> >   drivers/platform/x86/asus-armoury.c           | 1051 +++++++++++++++++
> >   drivers/platform/x86/asus-armoury.h           |  257 ++++
> >   drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c               |  185 ++-
> >   include/linux/platform_data/x86/asus-wmi.h    |   19 +
> >   8 files changed, 1520 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/asus-armoury.c
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/asus-armoury.h
> > 
> 
>