Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] ACPI: video: Remove CONFIG_X86 handling from nvidia_wmi_ec_supported()

[Ilpo Järvinen]

On Tue, 22 Sep 2026, Armin Wolf wrote:

> Am 18.09.26 um 15:03 schrieb Alex Deucher:
> 
> > On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 7:01 AM Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > On Fri, 18 Sep 2026, Hans de Goede <hansg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > On 16-Sep-26 09:16, Jani Nikula wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 16 Sep 2026, Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > Am 15.09.26 um 14:31 schrieb Jani Nikula:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > On Tue, 15 Sep 2026, Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > GPU people heads up!!
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > On Wed, 2 Sep 2026, Armin Wolf wrote:
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Am 01.09.26 um 23:30 schrieb Deucher, Alexander:
> > > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig
> > > > > > > > > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig
> > > > > > > > > > > index 12e4a41bf1f0..50305630f533 100644
> > > > > > > > > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig
> > > > > > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig
> > > > > > > > > > > @@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ config DRM_AMDGPU
> > > > > > > > > > >          # ACPI_VIDEO's dependencies must also be
> > > > > > > > > > > selected.
> > > > > > > > > > >          select INPUT if ACPI
> > > > > > > > > > >          select ACPI_VIDEO if ACPI
> > > > > > > > > > > -     # On x86 ACPI_VIDEO also needs ACPI_WMI
> > > > > > > > > > > -     select X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES if ACPI && X86
> > > > > > > > > > The change below makes sense, but this one looks like it
> > > > > > > > > > should remain
> > > > > > > > > > unless X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES is handled some other way?
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > Alex
> > > > > > > > > AFAIK the dependency on X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES was only
> > > > > > > > > necessary because
> > > > > > > > > ACPI-WMI depended on it in the past.
> > > > > > > > > By now ACPI-WMI neither depends on X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES or X86
> > > > > > > > > anymore.
> > > > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Could more GPU people besides Alex take a look on this. I'd want
> > > > > > > > to make
> > > > > > > > progress with this series within this cycle but would prefer to
> > > > > > > > have Acks
> > > > > > > > from GPU side.
> > > > > > > I share the same concern with Alex. It seems to me we could now
> > > > > > > end up
> > > > > > > with x86 configurations without X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES, which handle
> > > > > > > e.g. backlight on a lot of platforms.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I think the safer option might be to go for:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >     depends on X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES || !X86
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > in all of the cases that select/depend on X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES in
> > > > > > > drm.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > The alternative is to find out, and handle the fallout, if any.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > BR,
> > > > > > > Jani.
> > > > > > Alright, should i leave the original "select X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES if
> > > > > > ..." statements
> > > > > > as-is or should is change them to "depends on X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES
> > > > > > || !X86" everywhere?
> > > > > There are some places that depends on X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES. I think
> > > > > it's
> > > > > almost always a mistake to have some places select and some places
> > > > > depends on, and select should anyway be used with care. I'd go for
> > > > > depends on.
> > > > I'm a bit late to the party here, sorry.
> > > > 
> > > > Note that X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES is an option which enables / disables
> > > > a menu and does nothing more.
> > > > 
> > > > Enabling it or depending on it by itself does nothing.
> > > > 
> > > > The select used to be there since it must be selected to be able
> > > > to select ACPI_WMI (which is no longer the case after this series).
> > > > 
> > > > To depends on in XE was probably copy pasted from the existing
> > > > select-s and then changed to a depends and already was a completely
> > > > no-op since depending on ACPI_WMI was enough as that itself
> > > > dependend on ACPI_WMI.
> > > > 
> > > > As for X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES being needed for some backlight
> > > > interfaces, depending on it by itself does not result in those
> > > > interfaces being there. That requires enabling the actual drivers
> > > > providing those interfaces.
> > > > 
> > > > And I don't think that the GPU drivers should start depending
> > > > on those since that will become very unyielding.
> > > > 
> > > > TL;DR: I believe Armin's original patch is fine and this is
> > > > a welcome cleanup / simplification of the DRM drivers Kconfig
> > > > bits.
> > > Your explanation makes sense, thanks.
> > Yeah, sounds good.  Thanks!
> > 
> > Alex
> 
> Nice, i suppose we can apply this series as-is then?

Hi all,

I don't see anyone opposing this anymore and the discussion has died down 
so I took this into the review-ilpo-next branch.

If somebody still feels there's something wrong with this, please let me 
know soonish.

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 i.