Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] hwmon: (dell-smm) Add support for WMI SMM interface

[Hans de Goede]

Hi Armin,

On 11/13/23 20:55, Armin Wolf wrote:
> Am 06.11.23 um 07:43 schrieb Armin Wolf:
> 
>> This patch series adds support for an alternative SMM calling
>> backend to the dell-smm-hwmon driver. The reason for this is
>> that on some modern machines, the legacy SMM calling interface
>> does not work anymore and the SMM handler can be called over
>> ACPI WMI instead.
>>
>> The first four patches prepare the driver by allowing to
>> specify different SMM calling backends, and by moving most of
>> the DMI handling into i8k_init() so that the DMI tables can
>> keep their __initconst attributes (the WMI SMM backend driver
>> does not probe at module init time). The fifth patch does some
>> minor cleanup, while the next three patches implement the new
>> WMI SMM calling backend. The last patch adds the machine of
>> the user who requested and tested the changes to the fan control
>> whitelist.
>>
>> If the driver does not detect the legacy SMM interface, either
>> because the machine is not whitelisted or because the SMM handler
>> does not react, it registers an WMI driver which will then bound
>> to the WMI SMM interface and do the remaining initialization.
>>
>> The deprecated procfs interface is not supported when using the
>> WMI SMM calling backend for the following reason: the WMI driver
>> can potentially be instantiated multiple times while the deprectated
>> procfs interface cannot. This should not cause any regressions
>> because on machines supporting only the WMI SMM interface, the
>> driver would, until now, not load anyway.
>>
>> All patches where tested on a Dell Inspiron 3505 and a Dell
>> OptiPlex 7000.
> 
> Any thoughts on this?

I was waiting for the merge window to close before
reviewing / merging patches for the next cycle.

I plan to review and hopefully merge this and your
other series sometime this week.

Regards,

Hans