RE: [PATCH v3 2/3] x86/platform/dell-privacy-wmi: add document for dell privacy driver

From: Limonciello, Mario
Date: Tue Jan 12 2021 - 12:57:29 EST


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> From: Yuan, Perry <Perry_Yuan@xxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] x86/platform/dell-privacy-wmi: add document for dell
> privacy driver
>
> From: Perry Yuan <perry_yuan@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Describe the Dell Privacy feature capabilities and devices
> state class exposed by BIOS
>
> Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <perry_yuan@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../testing/sysfs-platform-dell-privacy-wmi | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-dell-privacy-wmi

I don't see a reason that the documentation needs to come in it's own commit.
In v4, I would think this can collapse as part of:
"Add support for Dell hardware privacy"

>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-dell-privacy-wmi
> b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-dell-privacy-wmi
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..3dbc2d25b60e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-dell-privacy-wmi
> @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
> +What: /sys/bus/wmi/devices/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-
> D3AB0A901919/devices_supported
> +Date: Jan 2021
> +KernelVersion: 5.11
I think this is 5.12 material now.
Need to update this to approximate 5.12 date.

> +Contact: "perry_yuan@xxxxxxxx>"

I think Dell addresses publicly use a period rather than an underscore, no?
So shouldn't this be perry.yuan@xxxxxxxx? (Although I acknowledge it's an
alias, I don't trust that I/T wouldn't remove that some day).

> +Description:
> + Display which dell hardware level privacy devices are supported
> + “Dell Privacy” is a set of HW, FW, and SW features to enhance
> + Dell’s commitment to platform privacy for MIC, Camera, and
> + ePrivacy screens.
> + The supported privacy haredware privacy devices are:

You have a typo here.

> + * 0x0 - None,
> + * 0x1 - Microphone,
> + * 0x2 - Camera,
> + * 0x4 - ePrivacy Screen

So this is an bitmap encoded in the integer? I think that needs to be mentioned
in the documentation.

> +
> +What: /sys/bus/wmi/devices/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-
> D3AB0A901919/current_state
> +Date: Jan 2021
> +KernelVersion: 5.11
> +Contact: "perry_yuan@xxxxxxxx>"
> +Description:
> + Allow user space to check current dell privacy device state.
> + Describes the Device State class exposed by BIOS which can be
> + consumed by various applications interested in knowing the Privacy
> + feature capabilities
> + There are three Bits for available states:
> + * 0 -> Off
> + * 1 -> On
> + * Bit0 -> Microphone
> + * Bit1 -> Camera
> + * Bit2 -> ePrivacyScreen
> +
> --
> 2.25.1