[PATCH/RFC] Acer Aspire One fan control resume fix, improvements

From: Andreas Mohr
Date: Fri Jun 12 2009 - 10:37:54 EST


Hello all,

tried version 0.5.6, didn't (quite!) like it. ;)
Reason being that when suspending, every couple times there was
a fan state check error on resume, leading to the annoying issue of
kernel mode fan control getting disabled (via a safety measure).

ChangeLog:
- reduce maximum temperature check interval, 20 seconds seems a bit much
(we have to take into account _external_ heat sources, too!)
- configure BIOS mode during suspend downtime, since our driver code is
having a day off (and go back to previous setting after resume)
- update fan state variable during resume, to reflect new state after
powering up
- optimization: add bios_settings pointer to current bios's settings,
avoids array indirection
- change cmd_off, cmd_auto to fancmd[2] for streamlined code
- several improved log messages
- reverse fan state printing (every value that doesn't indicate "OFF" should
definitely lead towards an "AUTO" fan setting!!!!)
[some functional check was unsafe in this respect, too]
- use LONG_MAX instead of open-coded 0x7fffffffl

Suspend tested multiple times (on 2.6.30-rc8), checkpatch.pl:ed.
Version 0.5.7 was internal release only.
This patch is intended for Peter mainly, he should decide what to do with
that content - better don't commit it yet.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@xxxxxxxx>

--- linux-2.6.30-rc8.acerhdf/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c.patched_orig 2009-06-12 10:39:30.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.30-rc8.acerhdf/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c 2009-06-12 16:10:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
* - Carlos Corbacho cathectic (at) gmail.com
* o lkml - Matthew Garrett
* - Borislav Petkov
+ * - Andreas Mohr
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
*/
#undef START_IN_KERNEL_MODE

-#define VERSION "0.5.6"
+#define VERSION "0.5.8"

/*
* According to the Atom N270 datasheet,
@@ -62,8 +63,8 @@
* assume 89°C is critical temperature.
*/
#define ACERHDF_TEMP_CRIT 89
-#define ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO 1
#define ACERHDF_FAN_OFF 0
+#define ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO 1

/*
* No matter what value the user puts into the fanon variable, turn on the fan
@@ -72,17 +73,18 @@
#define ACERHDF_MAX_FANON 80

/*
- * Maximal interval between two temperature checks is 20 seconds, as the die
- * can get hot really fast under heavy load
+ * Maximum interval between two temperature checks is 15 seconds, as the die
+ * can get hot really fast under heavy load (plus we shouldn't forget about
+ * possible impact of _external_ aggressive sources such as heaters, sun etc.)
*/
-#define ACERHDF_MAX_INTERVAL 20
+#define ACERHDF_MAX_INTERVAL 15

/*
* As temperatures can be negative, zero or positive, the value indicating
* an error must be somewhere beyond valid temperature values.
- * 0x7fffffffl - highest possible positive long value should do the job.
+ * LONG_MAX (highest possible positive long value) should do the job.
*/
-#define ACERHDF_ERROR 0x7fffffffl
+#define ACERHDF_ERROR LONG_MAX


#ifdef START_IN_KERNEL_MODE
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@
static unsigned int verbose;
static unsigned int fanstate = ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO;
static int disable_kernelmode;
-static int bios_version = -1;
+static int pre_suspend_kernelmode;
static char force_bios[16];
static unsigned int prev_interval;
struct thermal_zone_device *acerhdf_thz_dev;
@@ -123,25 +125,26 @@
const char *version;
unsigned char fanreg;
unsigned char tempreg;
- unsigned char cmd_off;
- unsigned char cmd_auto;
+ unsigned char fancmd[2]; /* fan off and auto commands */
};

/* Register addresses and values for different BIOS versions */
-static const struct bios_settings_t bios_settings[] = {
- {"Acer", "v0.3109", 0x55, 0x58, 0x1f, 0x00},
- {"Acer", "v0.3114", 0x55, 0x58, 0x1f, 0x00},
- {"Acer", "v0.3301", 0x55, 0x58, 0xaf, 0x00},
- {"Acer", "v0.3304", 0x55, 0x58, 0xaf, 0x00},
- {"Acer", "v0.3305", 0x55, 0x58, 0xaf, 0x00},
- {"Acer", "v0.3308", 0x55, 0x58, 0x21, 0x00},
- {"Acer", "v0.3309", 0x55, 0x58, 0x21, 0x00},
- {"Acer", "v0.3310", 0x55, 0x58, 0x21, 0x00},
- {"Gateway", "v0.3103", 0x55, 0x58, 0x21, 0x00},
- {"Packard Bell", "v0.3105", 0x55, 0x58, 0x21, 0x00},
- {"", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
+static const struct bios_settings_t bios_settings_table[] = {
+ {"Acer", "v0.3109", 0x55, 0x58, {0x1f, 0x00} },
+ {"Acer", "v0.3114", 0x55, 0x58, {0x1f, 0x00} },
+ {"Acer", "v0.3301", 0x55, 0x58, {0xaf, 0x00} },
+ {"Acer", "v0.3304", 0x55, 0x58, {0xaf, 0x00} },
+ {"Acer", "v0.3305", 0x55, 0x58, {0xaf, 0x00} },
+ {"Acer", "v0.3308", 0x55, 0x58, {0x21, 0x00} },
+ {"Acer", "v0.3309", 0x55, 0x58, {0x21, 0x00} },
+ {"Acer", "v0.3310", 0x55, 0x58, {0x21, 0x00} },
+ {"Gateway", "v0.3103", 0x55, 0x58, {0x21, 0x00} },
+ {"Packard Bell", "v0.3105", 0x55, 0x58, {0x21, 0x00} },
+ {"", 0, 0, 0, {0, 0} }
};

+static const struct bios_settings_t *bios_settings __read_mostly;
+

/* acer ec functions */
static int acerhdf_get_temp(void)
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@
u8 temp;

/* read temperature */
- if (!ec_read(bios_settings[bios_version].tempreg, &temp)) {
+ if (!ec_read(bios_settings->tempreg, &temp)) {
if (verbose)
pr_notice("temp %d\n", temp);
return temp;
@@ -161,8 +164,8 @@
{
u8 fan;

- if (!ec_read(bios_settings[bios_version].fanreg, &fan))
- return (fan == bios_settings[bios_version].cmd_off) ?
+ if (!ec_read(bios_settings->fanreg, &fan))
+ return (fan == bios_settings->fancmd[ACERHDF_FAN_OFF]) ?
ACERHDF_FAN_OFF : ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO;

return ACERHDF_ERROR;
@@ -173,19 +176,19 @@
unsigned char cmd;

if (verbose)
- pr_notice("fan %s\n", (state == ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO) ?
- "ON" : "OFF");
+ pr_notice("fan %s\n", (state == ACERHDF_FAN_OFF) ?
+ "OFF" : "ON");

- if (state == ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO) {
- cmd = bios_settings[bios_version].cmd_auto;
- fanstate = ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO;
- } else {
- cmd = bios_settings[bios_version].cmd_off;
- fanstate = ACERHDF_FAN_OFF;
+ if ((state != ACERHDF_FAN_OFF) && (state != ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO)) {
+ pr_err("invalid fan state %d requested, setting to auto!\n",
+ state);
+ state = ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO;
}

- ec_write(bios_settings[bios_version].fanreg, cmd);
+ cmd = bios_settings->fancmd[state];
+ fanstate = state;

+ ec_write(bios_settings->fanreg, cmd);
}

/* helpers */
@@ -253,6 +256,18 @@
return 0;
}

+/* provide one central function to set disable_kernelmode
+ * (always set ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO, too!) */
+static inline void acerhdf_revert_to_bios_mode(void)
+{
+ acerhdf_change_fanstate(ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO);
+ /*
+ * let the thermal layer disable kernel mode. This ensures that
+ * the thermal layer doesn't switch off the fan again
+ */
+ disable_kernelmode = 1;
+}
+
/* current operation mode - enabled / disabled */
static int acerhdf_get_mode(struct thermal_zone_device *thermal,
enum thermal_device_mode *mode)
@@ -279,13 +294,8 @@
pr_notice("kernel mode OFF\n");
thermal->polling_delay = 0;
thermal_zone_device_update(thermal);
- acerhdf_change_fanstate(ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO);

- /*
- * let the thermal layer disable kernel mode. This ensures that
- * the thermal layer doesn't switch off the fan again
- */
- disable_kernelmode = 1;
+ acerhdf_revert_to_bios_mode();
} else {
kernelmode = 1;
pr_notice("kernel mode ON\n");
@@ -394,21 +404,19 @@
*/
if (cur_state != fanstate) {
pr_err("failed reading fan state, "
- "disabling kernelmode.\n");
+ "falling back to default BIOS handling.\n");
pr_err("read state: %d expected state: %d\n",
cur_state, fanstate);

- acerhdf_change_fanstate(ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO);
- disable_kernelmode = 1;
+ acerhdf_revert_to_bios_mode();
return -EINVAL;
}
/* same with temperature */
if (cur_temp == ACERHDF_ERROR) {
pr_err("failed reading temperature, "
- "disabling kernelmode.\n");
+ "falling back to default BIOS handling.\n");

- acerhdf_change_fanstate(ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO);
- disable_kernelmode = 1;
+ acerhdf_revert_to_bios_mode();
return -EINVAL;
}

@@ -437,11 +445,21 @@
pm_message_t state)
{
/*
- * in kernelmode turn on fan, because the aspire one awakes with
- * spinning fan
+ * always revert to BIOS mode during suspend/resume activities:
+ * a) during suspend our driver is inactive, thus if there's
+ * anything to be done fan-wise, it's the BIOS's job...
+ * b) Aspire awakes with spinning fan in BIOS mode,
+ * thus we better do the same (behaviour is preserved if we use BIOS)
*/
- if (kernelmode)
+
+ /* remember previous setting */
+ pre_suspend_kernelmode = kernelmode;
+
+ if (kernelmode) {
acerhdf_change_fanstate(ACERHDF_FAN_AUTO);
+ kernelmode = 0;
+ }
+
if (verbose)
pr_notice("going suspend\n");
return 0;
@@ -449,6 +467,14 @@

static int acerhdf_resume(struct platform_device *device)
{
+ kernelmode = pre_suspend_kernelmode;
+
+ /* update our fanstate variable to the possibly different
+ * post-resume fan state
+ * (to prevent a safety check from failing)
+ */
+ fanstate = acerhdf_get_fanstate();
+
if (verbose)
pr_notice("resuming\n");
return 0;
@@ -526,15 +552,16 @@


/* search BIOS version and BIOS vendor in BIOS settings table */
- for (i = 0; bios_settings[i].version[0]; ++i) {
- if (!strcmp(bios_settings[i].vendor, vendor) &&
- !strcmp(bios_settings[i].version, version)) {
- bios_version = i;
+ for (i = 0; bios_settings_table[i].version[0]; ++i) {
+ if (!strcmp(bios_settings_table[i].vendor, vendor) &&
+ !strcmp(bios_settings_table[i].version, version)) {
+ bios_settings = &bios_settings_table[i];
break;
}
}
- if (bios_version == -1) {
- pr_err("cannot find BIOS version\n");
+ if (!bios_settings) {
+ pr_err("unknown (unsupported) BIOS version %s/%s, "
+ "please report, aborting!\n", vendor, version);
return ACERHDF_ERROR;
}
return 0;
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