Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (dell-smm-hwmon) Disable BIOS fan control upon loading

2019-11-13 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
ar issue. I'd be happy to test your patch. That would be good! Thanks, Giovanni. -- Giovanni Mascellani Postdoc researcher - Université Libre de Bruxelles signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Ke

Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (dell-smm-hwmon) Disable BIOS fan control upon loading

2019-11-12 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
that. Good point, thank you. If I add a module parameter, how would you suggest to make it interact with the dmi_table? Remove the dmi_table altogether? Send the BIOS disabling code only when both the dmi_table and the module parameter are enabled? Thanks, Giovanni. -- Giovanni Mascellani P

[PATCH] hwmon: (dell-smm-hwmon) Disable BIOS fan control upon loading

2019-11-12 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
can take control of the fan. Signed-off-by: Giovanni Mascellani --- drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c | 61 ++ 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c index 4212d022d253..6110558c8609 100644 --- a

Re: Are there global constructors in the Linux kernel?

2019-10-08 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
u must control precisely what must happen when. Hope this helps! Giovanni. -- Giovanni Mascellani Postdoc researcher - Université Libre de Bruxelles -- Giovanni Mascellani Postdoc researcher - Université Libre de Bruxelles signature.asc Desc