Re: [PATCH v10 03/14] HP BIOSCFG driver - bioscfg

[Jorge Lopez]

On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 5:34 AM Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> On 4/19/23 20:04, Armin Wolf wrote:
> > Am 19.04.23 um 17:13 schrieb Jorge Lopez:
>
> <snip>
>
> >> +static int __init bioscfg_init(void)
> >> +{
> >> +    int ret = 0;
> >> +    int bios_capable = wmi_has_guid(HP_WMI_BIOS_GUID);
> >> +
> >> +    if (!bios_capable) {
> >> +        pr_err("Unable to run on non-HP system\n");
> >> +        return -ENODEV;
> >> +    }
> >> +
> >
> > Currently, this driver will no get automatically loaded on supported hardware,
> > something which would be quite beneficial for users to have.
> > Since the HP_WMI_BIOS_GUID is already handled by the hp-wmi driver, maybe this
> > driver (which also already implements a function similar to hp_wmi_perform_query())
> > could register a platform device which is then used by this driver? This together
> > with MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() would allow for automatically loading the module on supported hardware.
>
> Both drivers can already co-exist since the old hp-wmi driver uses the old
> wmi kernel functions and is not a "wmi_driver" so there is no need for
> a platform_device for this driver to bind to since the wmi_device is
> still free for it to bind to.
>
> This does indeed need a MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() statement for
> the bios_attr_pass_interface_id_table[] id-table. Note only for that
> table, because the HP_WMI_BIOS_GUID is present on models which do
> not support this and we don't want the module to auto-load there.
>

I am considering adding a check for the  HP_WMI_SET_BIOS_SETTING_GUID
and HP_WMI_BIOS_GUID during the initialization process.
The driver will report a message If HP_WMI_SET_BIOS_SETTING_GUID is
found or not.
If HP_WMI_SET_BIOS_SETTING_GUID does not exist, the driver cannot
change the BIOS settings.

> Regards,
>
> Hans
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