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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: "Yuan, Perry" <Perry.Yuan@dell.com>
Cc: "hdegoede@redhat.com" <hdegoede@redhat.com>,
	"mgross@linux.intel.com" <mgross@linux.intel.com>,
	"pali@kernel.org" <pali@kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org" 
	<platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Limonciello, Mario" <Mario.Limonciello@dell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]  platform/x86: dell-privacy: Add support for new privacy driver
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 07:24:56 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201111072456.tkwdzuq2wa7zvbod@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR19MB4528E93631DA5FD8BE1D6E8D84E80@SJ0PR19MB4528.namprd19.prod.outlook.com>

On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 07:21:07AM +0000, Yuan, Perry wrote:
> > > +    status = acpi_evaluate_object(NULL, ACPI_PRIVACY_EC_ACK, NULL,
> > NULL);
> > > +    if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
> > > +        dev_err(led_cdev->dev, "Error setting privacy audio EC ack
> > value: %d\n",status);
> > > +        return -EIO;
> > > +    }
> > > +    return 0;
> > > +}
> > 
> > What's actually being set here? You don't seem to be passing any arguments.
> 
> Yes,  it is a EC ack notification without any arguments needed. 

I'm confused why it's being exposed as an LED device in that case - 
there's an expectation that this is something that actually controls a 
real LED, which means responding to state. Are you able to share the 
acpidump of a machine with this device?
  
-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org

  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-11  7:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-03 12:55 [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-privacy: Add support for new privacy driver Perry Yuan
2020-11-03 16:22 ` kernel test robot
2020-11-03 16:50 ` kernel test robot
2020-11-03 19:14 ` Barnabás Pőcze
2020-11-04  1:49 ` Matthew Garrett
2020-11-11  7:21   ` Yuan, Perry
2020-11-11  7:24     ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2020-11-11 14:30       ` Limonciello, Mario
2020-11-12 15:06         ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2020-11-12 15:31           ` Limonciello, Mario
2020-11-12 15:55             ` Hans de Goede
2020-11-12 15:57               ` Limonciello, Mario
2020-11-04  6:43 ` kernel test robot
2020-11-09 11:16 ` Hans de Goede
2020-11-11  7:24   ` Yuan, Perry

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