linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/9] platform/x86: introduce asus-armoury driver

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Message-Id: <a4c97b6a-9a79-4310-a37a-bf927b9ab924@app.fastmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:08:57 +0200
From: "Luke Jones" <luke@...nes.dev>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-input@...r.kernel.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,
 "Mario Limonciello" <superm1@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/9] platform/x86: introduce asus-armoury driver

Hi all, did I have anything left to do on this series? I'm quite certain I've covered everything now.

Cheers,
Luke.


On Mon, 30 Sep 2024, at 2:00 AM, Luke D. Jones wrote:
> 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".
>
> 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
> - v5
>   - deprecate patch: cleanup ``#if`, ``#endif` statements, edit kconfig 
> detail, edit commit msg
>   - cleanup ppt* tuning patch
>   - proper error handling in module init, plus pr_err()
>   - ppt tunables have a notice if there is no match to get defaults
>   - better error handling in cpu core handling
>     - don't continue if failure
>   - use the mutex to gate WMI writes
> - V6
>   - correctly cleanup/unwind if module init fails
>  
> 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                  |   21 +
>  drivers/platform/x86/Makefile                 |    1 +
>  drivers/platform/x86/asus-armoury.c           | 1093 +++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/platform/x86/asus-armoury.h           |  257 ++++
>  drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c               |  189 ++-
>  include/linux/platform_data/x86/asus-wmi.h    |   22 +
>  8 files changed, 1564 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/asus-armoury.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/asus-armoury.h
>
> -- 
> 2.46.1