On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 04:03:53PM +0000, [email protected] wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Darren Hart [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 2:39 PM > > To: Limonciello, Mario <[email protected]> > > Cc: Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]>; LKML <linux- > > [email protected]>; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: Disable userspace > > interface if missing hotfix > > > > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 10:13:12PM -0600, Mario Limonciello wrote: > > > The Dell SMBIOS WMI interface will fail for some more complex calls unless > > > a WMI hotfix has been included. Most platforms have this fix available in > > > a maintenance BIOS release. In the case the driver is loaded on a > > > platform without this fix, disable the userspace interface. > > > > > > A hotfix indicator is present in the dell-wmi-descriptor that represents > > > whether or not more complex calls will work properly. > > > > > > "Simple" calls such as those used by dell-laptop and dell-wmi will > > > continue > > > to work properly so dell-smbios-wmi should not be blocked from binding and > > > being used as the dell-smbios dispatcher. > > > > > > Suggested-by: Girish Prakash <[email protected]> > > > Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <[email protected]> > > > > Queued up, thanks Mario. > > Darren, even though this came after the merge windows opened considering this > restricts the SMBIOS interface from some platform/firmware combinations it > shouldn't be offered, do you think this can be included with a future 4.15 > RCx PR so it can land with the rest of the series rather than targeted for > 4.16?
This will make 4.15. > > I'd hate to get stuck in a situation that an interface deemed "broken" gets > offered > to people it shouldn't. > Agreed. -- Darren Hart VMware Open Source Technology Center
