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Message-ID: <6a8fc9ae-5ce6-4583-9b44-b9021f8f8dba@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 20:58:51 +0100
From: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
To: Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@...heas.dev>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>,
Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
Derek John Clark <derekjohn.clark@...il.com>,
Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <samsagax@...il.com>,
Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/6] platform/x86: ayaneo-ec: Add Ayaneo Embedded
Controller platform driver
Am 02.11.25 um 19:37 schrieb Antheas Kapenekakis:
> On Sun, 2 Nov 2025 at 19:21, Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de> wrote:
>> Am 31.10.25 um 17:36 schrieb Antheas Kapenekakis:
>>
>>> Recent Ayaneo devices feature an ACPI mapped Embedded Controller (EC)
>>> with standard addresses across models that provides access to fan
>>> speed, fan control, battery charge limits, and controller power
>>> controls. Introduce a new driver stub that will handle these driver
>>> features.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@...heas.dev>
>>> ---
>>> MAINTAINERS | 6 +++
>>> drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig | 9 ++++
>>> drivers/platform/x86/Makefile | 3 ++
>>> drivers/platform/x86/ayaneo-ec.c | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> 4 files changed, 108 insertions(+)
>>> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/ayaneo-ec.c
>>>
>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>> index 545a4776795e..da9498d8cc89 100644
>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>> @@ -4187,6 +4187,12 @@ W: https://ez.analog.com/linux-software-drivers
>>> F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/adi,axi-pwmgen.yaml
>>> F: drivers/pwm/pwm-axi-pwmgen.c
>>>
>>> +AYANEO PLATFORM EC DRIVER
>>> +M: Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@...heas.dev>
>>> +L: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
>>> +S: Maintained
>>> +F: drivers/platform/x86/ayaneo-ec.c
>>> +
>>> AZ6007 DVB DRIVER
>>> M: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
>>> L: linux-media@...r.kernel.org
>>> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
>>> index 46e62feeda3c..ebe7d2ab8758 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
>>> @@ -316,6 +316,15 @@ config ASUS_TF103C_DOCK
>>> If you have an Asus TF103C tablet say Y or M here, for a generic x86
>>> distro config say M here.
>>>
>>> +config AYANEO_EC
>>> + tristate "Ayaneo EC platform control"
>>> + help
>>> + Enables support for the platform EC of Ayaneo devices. This
>>> + includes fan control, fan speed, charge limit, magic
>>> + module detection, and controller power control.
>>> +
>>> + If you have an Ayaneo device, say Y or M here.
>>> +
>>> config MERAKI_MX100
>>> tristate "Cisco Meraki MX100 Platform Driver"
>>> depends on GPIOLIB
>>> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile b/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile
>>> index c7db2a88c11a..274a685eb92d 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile
>>> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile
>>> @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ASUS_TF103C_DOCK) += asus-tf103c-dock.o
>>> obj-$(CONFIG_EEEPC_LAPTOP) += eeepc-laptop.o
>>> obj-$(CONFIG_EEEPC_WMI) += eeepc-wmi.o
>>>
>>> +# Ayaneo
>>> +obj-$(CONFIG_AYANEO_EC) += ayaneo-ec.o
>>> +
>>> # Cisco/Meraki
>>> obj-$(CONFIG_MERAKI_MX100) += meraki-mx100.o
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/ayaneo-ec.c b/drivers/platform/x86/ayaneo-ec.c
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 000000000000..2fe66c8a89f4
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/ayaneo-ec.c
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
>>> +/*
>>> + * Platform driver for the Embedded Controller (EC) of Ayaneo devices. Handles
>>> + * hwmon (fan speed, fan control), battery charge limits, and magic module
>>> + * control (connected modules, controller disconnection).
>>> + *
>>> + * Copyright (C) 2025 Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@...heas.dev>
>>> + */
>>> +
>>> +#include <linux/dmi.h>
>>> +#include <linux/err.h>
>>> +#include <linux/init.h>
>>> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
>>> +#include <linux/module.h>
>>> +#include <linux/platform_device.h>
>>> +
>>> +struct ayaneo_ec_quirk {
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +struct ayaneo_ec_platform_data {
>>> + struct platform_device *pdev;
>>> + struct ayaneo_ec_quirk *quirks;
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +static const struct ayaneo_ec_quirk quirk_ayaneo3 = {
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +static const struct dmi_system_id dmi_table[] = {
>>> + {
>>> + .matches = {
>>> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "AYANEO"),
>>> + DMI_EXACT_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "AYANEO 3"),
>>> + },
>>> + .driver_data = (void *)&quirk_ayaneo3,
>>> + },
>>> + {},
>>> +};
>> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() is missing, please add it so that the driver will
>> automatically load on supported devices.
> It is not. See below.
I see, my bad.
>>> +
>>> +static int ayaneo_ec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>> +{
>>> + const struct dmi_system_id *dmi_entry;
>>> + struct ayaneo_ec_platform_data *data;
>>> +
>>> + dmi_entry = dmi_first_match(dmi_table);
>>> + if (!dmi_entry)
>>> + return -ENODEV;
>> Please store the quirk inside a global variable and perform the DMI match
>> inside ayaneo_ec_init. This will allow you to mark the DMI table as __initconst.
> This driver was designed to not need a global quirk variable, which
> required a lot of additional work (the drvdata structure) . I am not
> re-adding it as a workaround for __initconst.
>
> Adding init to probe emits a warning because there is a dangling
> reference to it.
Ok.
Thanks,
Armin Wolf
>> Thanks,
>> Armin Wolf
>>
>>> +
>>> + data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
>>> + if (!data)
>>> + return -ENOMEM;
>>> +
>>> + data->pdev = pdev;
>>> + data->quirks = dmi_entry->driver_data;
>>> + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, data);
>>> +
>>> + return 0;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static struct platform_driver ayaneo_platform_driver = {
>>> + .driver = {
>>> + .name = "ayaneo-ec",
>>> + },
>>> + .probe = ayaneo_ec_probe,
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +static struct platform_device *ayaneo_platform_device;
>>> +
>>> +static int __init ayaneo_ec_init(void)
>>> +{
>>> + ayaneo_platform_device =
>>> + platform_create_bundle(&ayaneo_platform_driver,
>>> + ayaneo_ec_probe, NULL, 0, NULL, 0);
>>> +
>>> + return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ayaneo_platform_device);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static void __exit ayaneo_ec_exit(void)
>>> +{
>>> + platform_device_unregister(ayaneo_platform_device);
>>> + platform_driver_unregister(&ayaneo_platform_driver);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(dmi, dmi_table);
> Here
>
>>> +
>>> +module_init(ayaneo_ec_init);
>>> +module_exit(ayaneo_ec_exit);
>>> +
>>> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@...heas.dev>");
>>> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Ayaneo Embedded Controller (EC) platform features");
>>> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
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