Re: [PATCH 2/2] platform/x86: asus-laptop: Add WiMAX rfkill switch for Pegatron Lucid

[Denis Benato]

On 10/10/26 21:38, Pavel Kossenko (kotekompotek) wrote:
> On the Pegatron Lucid the ATK methods ENPR and DAPR enable and disable
> a radio selected by an id. The driver exposes ids 0-2 (WLAN, Bluetooth,
> WWAN) as the pega-wlan, pega-bt and pega-wwan rfkill switches, but the
> DSDT also implements id 6, which drives GPIO27 and the EC bit WMHD:
>
>   If ((Arg0 == 0x06)) { GP27 = Zero; WMHD = Zero; ALED (One) }
>
> The firmware leaves GPIO27 high at boot. On units fitted with an Intel
> Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 combo card (8086:0087, subsystem
> 8086:1301) this keeps the whole card in hardware RF-kill, so Wi-Fi is
> unusable even though pega-wlan is unblocked:
>
>   iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: reporting RF_KILL (radio disabled)
>
> The same card works under Windows, presumably because the vendor
> utility calls ENPR(6).
>
> Register a "pega-wimax" rfkill switch for id 6. The rfkill core applies
> the default unblocked state on registration, which calls ENPR(6) and
> releases the card:
>
>   iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
>
> Assisted-by: Claude Opus 5.5
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Kossenko (kotekompotek) <kotekompotek@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c
> index 8e69f02..ef4c2cc 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c
> @@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(als_status, "Set the ALS status on boot "
>  #define PEGA_WWAN	0x02
>  #define PEGA_ALS	0x04
>  #define PEGA_ALS_POWER	0x05
> +#define PEGA_WIMAX	0x06
>  
>  #define METHOD_PEGA_READ	"RDLN"
>  #define PEGA_READ_ALS_H	0x02
> @@ -1454,6 +1455,17 @@ static int pega_rfkill_init(struct asus_laptop *asus)
>  
>  	ret = pega_rfkill_setup(asus, &asus->wwan, "pega-wwan",
>  				PEGA_WWAN, RFKILL_TYPE_WWAN);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto exit;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * The firmware leaves this line asserted at boot. On units fitted
> +	 * with an Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 combo card it keeps
> +	 * the whole card in hardware RF-kill, Wi-Fi included. Registering
> +	 * the switch unblocks it by default, which calls ENPR(6).
> +	 */
> +	ret = pega_rfkill_setup(asus, &asus->wimax, "pega-wimax",
> +				PEGA_WIMAX, RFKILL_TYPE_WIMAX);
>  

Hi Pavel,

It's very good to see movement on such uncommon hardware!

I'm not sure what will happen to similar models that don't support that...

Perhaps guard it with a specific DMI match?

Best regards,
Denis Benato

>  exit:
>  	if (ret)