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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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