[PATCH v2 3/3] platform/x86: asus-armoury: add fn_lock firmware attribute

From: Marcus Grenängen

Date: Wed May 06 2026 - 15:35:13 EST


Add a fn_lock attribute to the asus-armoury firmware-attributes interface,
allowing userspace to read and set the Fn-lock state (whether F1-F12 keys
are primary or media/system keys are primary).

On most ASUS laptops fn-lock is backed by WMI DEVID 0x00100023 and the
attribute uses armoury_get/set_devstate() as normal. On platforms where
the WMI DEVS call is a no-op (fnlock_use_hid quirk, e.g. ProArt P16), the
store path calls asus_hid_fnlock_notify() to send the feature report
directly to the N-Key keyboard via hid-asus. The show path returns
-EOPNOTSUPP on such platforms as the hardware provides no readback.

The fnlock_use_hid flag is detected at init time via dmi_match() on
DMI_PRODUCT_FAMILY. A direct DMI check is used rather than reading the
asus-nb-wmi quirk flag because asus-armoury and asus-nb-wmi are both
loadable modules at the same init level, so the asus_ref pointer set by
asus-wmi may not yet be valid when asus-armoury initialises.

Signed-off-by: Marcus Grenängen <marcus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/asus-armoury.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 69 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-armoury.c b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-armoury.c
index 5b0987ccc270..9d7646eff944 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-armoury.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-armoury.c
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ struct asus_armoury_priv {

u32 mini_led_dev_id;
u32 gpu_mux_dev_id;
+ bool fnlock_use_hid;
};

static struct asus_armoury_priv asus_armoury = {
@@ -778,6 +779,58 @@ ASUS_ATTR_GROUP_ROG_TUNABLE(nv_tgp, "nv_tgp", ASUS_WMI_DEVID_DGPU_SET_TGP,
ASUS_ATTR_GROUP_INT_VALUE_ONLY_RO(nv_base_tgp, ATTR_NV_BASE_TGP, ASUS_WMI_DEVID_DGPU_BASE_TGP,
"Read the base TGP value");

+/*
+ * fn_lock: toggle whether Fn key is locked (F1-F12 primary) or unlocked
+ * (media/system keys primary).
+ *
+ * On most ASUS laptops this is backed by WMI DEVID 0x00100023. On some
+ * platforms (e.g. ProArt P16) that DEVS call is a no-op and the state must
+ * be sent as a HID feature report to the N-Key keyboard via hid-asus.
+ */
+static ssize_t fn_lock_current_value_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ u32 result;
+ int err;
+
+ if (asus_armoury.fnlock_use_hid)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ err = armoury_get_devstate(attr, &result, ASUS_WMI_DEVID_FNLOCK);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", result & 1);
+}
+
+static ssize_t fn_lock_current_value_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ bool enable;
+ int err;
+
+ err = kstrtobool(buf, &enable);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ if (asus_armoury.fnlock_use_hid) {
+ err = asus_hid_fnlock_notify(enable);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ } else {
+ err = armoury_set_devstate(attr, enable ? 1 : 0, NULL,
+ ASUS_WMI_DEVID_FNLOCK);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ sysfs_notify(kobj, NULL, attr->attr.name);
+ return count;
+}
+
+ASUS_ATTR_GROUP_BOOL(fn_lock, "fn_lock", "Set the Fn-lock state");
+
/* If an attribute does not require any special case handling add it here */
static const struct asus_attr_group armoury_attr_groups[] = {
{ &egpu_connected_attr_group, ASUS_WMI_DEVID_EGPU_CONNECTED },
@@ -926,6 +979,16 @@ static int asus_fw_attr_add(void)
}
}

+ if (asus_armoury.fnlock_use_hid ||
+ armoury_has_devstate(ASUS_WMI_DEVID_FNLOCK)) {
+ err = sysfs_create_group(&asus_armoury.fw_attr_kset->kobj,
+ &fn_lock_attr_group);
+ if (err) {
+ pr_err("Failed to create sysfs-group for fn_lock\n");
+ goto err_remove_gpu_mux_group;
+ }
+ }
+
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(armoury_attr_groups); i++) {
if (!armoury_has_devstate(armoury_attr_groups[i].wmi_devid))
continue;
@@ -963,6 +1026,8 @@ static int asus_fw_attr_add(void)
sysfs_remove_group(&asus_armoury.fw_attr_kset->kobj,
armoury_attr_groups[i].attr_group);
}
+ sysfs_remove_group(&asus_armoury.fw_attr_kset->kobj, &fn_lock_attr_group);
+err_remove_gpu_mux_group:
if (asus_armoury.gpu_mux_dev_id)
sysfs_remove_group(&asus_armoury.fw_attr_kset->kobj, &gpu_mux_mode_attr_group);
err_remove_mini_led_group:
@@ -1121,6 +1186,8 @@ static int __init asus_fw_init(void)

init_rog_tunables();

+ asus_armoury.fnlock_use_hid = dmi_match(DMI_PRODUCT_FAMILY, "ProArt P16");
+
/* Must always be last step to ensure data is available */
return asus_fw_attr_add();
}
@@ -1138,6 +1205,8 @@ static void __exit asus_fw_exit(void)
if (asus_armoury.gpu_mux_dev_id)
sysfs_remove_group(&asus_armoury.fw_attr_kset->kobj, &gpu_mux_mode_attr_group);

+ sysfs_remove_group(&asus_armoury.fw_attr_kset->kobj, &fn_lock_attr_group);
+
if (asus_armoury.mini_led_dev_id)
sysfs_remove_group(&asus_armoury.fw_attr_kset->kobj, &mini_led_mode_attr_group);

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