[PATCH 05/13] platform/apple-gmux: Write switch state to EFI on MMIO devices
From: Atharva Tiwari
Date: Sun Oct 25 2026 - 00:02:39 EST
From: Andre Eikmeyer <dev@deq.rocks>
On T2 devices (MMIO), the T2 coprocessor reads gpu-active efi
variable, and macOS seems to write it, so to properly communciate
to the T2 coprocessor, we write gpu-active.
Co-developed: Atharva Tiwari <atharvatiwarilinuxdev@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Atharva Tiwari <atharvatiwarilinuxdev@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andre Eikmeyer <dev@deq.rocks>
---
drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/platform/x86/apple-gmux.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
index c37e76066..01895d511 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ config APPLE_GMUX
depends on ACPI && PCI
depends on PNP
depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
+ depends on EFI
help
This driver provides support for the gmux device found on many
Apple laptops, which controls the display mux for the hybrid
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/apple-gmux.c b/drivers/platform/x86/apple-gmux.c
index bef87a57a..637b3b216 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/apple-gmux.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/apple-gmux.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include <linux/dmi.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
+#include <linux/efi.h>
#include <acpi/video.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
@@ -494,6 +495,31 @@ static void gmux_write_switch_state(struct apple_gmux_data *gmux_data)
gmux_write8(gmux_data, GMUX_PORT_SWITCH_EXTERNAL, 3);
}
+#define APPLE_GPU_VARS_GUID EFI_GUID(0xfa4ce28d, 0xb62f, 0x4c99, \
+ 0x9c, 0xc3, 0x68, 0x15, 0x68, 0x6e, 0x30, 0xf9)
+
+static efi_char16_t gmux_gpu_active_name[] = L"gpu-active";
+
+static void gmux_write_switch_state_efi(struct apple_gmux_data *gmux_data)
+{
+ efi_guid_t guid = APPLE_GPU_VARS_GUID;
+ u32 active = gmux_data->switch_state_display == VGA_SWITCHEROO_IGD;
+ efi_status_t status;
+
+ if (!efivar_is_available())
+ return;
+
+ status = efivar_set_variable(gmux_gpu_active_name, &guid,
+ EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE |
+ EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
+ EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS,
+ sizeof(active), &active);
+ if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+ pr_warn("writing gpu-active failed: 0x%lx\n", status);
+ else
+ pr_debug("gpu-active: %u\n", active);
+}
+
static int gmux_switchto(enum vga_switcheroo_client_id id)
{
apple_gmux_data->switch_state_ddc = id;
@@ -502,6 +528,8 @@ static int gmux_switchto(enum vga_switcheroo_client_id id)
apple_gmux_data->switch_state_external = id;
gmux_write_switch_state(apple_gmux_data);
+ if (apple_gmux_data->type == APPLE_GMUX_TYPE_MMIO)
+ gmux_write_switch_state_efi(apple_gmux_data);
return 0;
}
@@ -1283,3 +1311,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Apple Gmux Driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pnp, gmux_device_ids);
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("EFIVAR");
--
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