linux-kernel - [PATCH v10 4/5] alienware-wmi: added force module parameters

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Message-ID: <20241029135354.5937-2-kuurtb@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:53:55 -0300
From: Kurt Borja <kuurtb@...il.com>
To: kuurtb@...il.com
Cc: W_Armin@....de,
	hdegoede@...hat.com,
	ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v10 4/5] alienware-wmi: added force module parameters

Added force_platform_profile and force_gmode unsafe module parameters,
allowing users to force `thermal` and `gmode` quirks respectively.

Signed-off-by: Kurt Borja <kuurtb@...il.com>
---
v10:
 - Introduced
---
 drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c
index 1d62c2ce7..91f0e09d0 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("wmi:" LEGACY_CONTROL_GUID);
 MODULE_ALIAS("wmi:" WMAX_CONTROL_GUID);
 
+static bool force_platform_profile;
+module_param_unsafe(force_platform_profile, bool, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_platform_profile, "Forces auto-detecting thermal profiles without checking if WMI thermal backend is available");
+
+static bool force_gmode;
+module_param_unsafe(force_gmode, bool, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_gmode, "Forces G-Mode when performance profile is selected");
+
 enum INTERFACE_FLAGS {
 	LEGACY,
 	WMAX,
@@ -1075,6 +1083,16 @@ static int __init alienware_wmi_init(void)
 	if (quirks == NULL)
 		quirks = &quirk_unknown;
 
+	if (force_platform_profile)
+		quirks->thermal = true;
+
+	if (force_gmode) {
+		if (quirks->thermal)
+			quirks->gmode = true;
+		else
+			pr_warn("alienware-wmi: force_gmode requieres platform profile support");
+	}
+
 	ret = platform_driver_register(&platform_driver);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail_platform_driver;
-- 
2.47.0