Re: [PATCH 7/9] hwmon: (dell-smm) Add support for WMI SMM interface

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Sat Nov 04 2023 - 10:58:40 EST


On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 07:57:14PM +0100, Armin Wolf wrote:
> Some Dell machines like the Dell Optiplex 7000 do not support
> the legacy SMM interface, but instead expect all SMM calls
> to be issued over a special WMI interface.
> Add support for this interface so users can control the fans
> on those machines.
>
> Tested-by: <serverror@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx>
> ---
[ ... ]

> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
> index a78ddd83cda0..0b3e63c21d26 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
> @@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, wmi_device_ids);
> static const char * const allow_duplicates[] = {
> "05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910", /* wmi-bmof */
> "8A42EA14-4F2A-FD45-6422-0087F7A7E608", /* dell-wmi-ddv */
> + "F1DDEE52-063C-4784-A11E-8A06684B9B01", /* dell-smm-hwmon */

This would require an ack from its maintainer, which you did not Cc:.
That means I won't be able to apply this patch.

Guenter

> NULL
> };
>
> --
> 2.39.2
>