RE: Regression on Dell XPS13 (was: [char-misc for 4.10-rc4 V2] mei: bus: enable OS version only for SPT and newer)

[Mario.Limonciello]

Greg,

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> Subject: Re: Regression on Dell XPS13 (was: [char-misc for 4.10-rc4 V2] mei:
> bus: enable OS version only for SPT and newer)
> 
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 06:38:43PM +0000, Mario.Limonciello@xxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 12:24 PM
> > > To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx;
> > > linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx; jan@xxxxxxxxxx;
> > > alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx; tomi.p.sarvela@xxxxxxxxx; daniel@xxxxxxxxx;
> > > len.brown@xxxxxxxxx; linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: Regression on Dell XPS13 (was: [char-misc for 4.10-rc4 V2] mei:
> > > bus: enable OS version only for SPT and newer)
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 04:57:49PM +0000, Mario.Limonciello@xxxxxxxx
> > > wrote:
> > > > So in the <6s scenario, the intel-hid driver is responsible to
> > > > receive the ACPI event and process accordingly.  The maintainer
> > > > has a patch ready for the intel-hid portion of this work, but it's
> > > > currently being reviewed by Intel to ensure it can be legally submitted
> into the kernel.
> > >
> > > Who at Intel do I need to go kick to make this mythical legal review
> > > happen faster so we can see the code?
> > >
> > > Len and Rafael, what is going on here?
> > >
> >
> > Len and Darren are both in the loop on the discussion around this patch.
> > I don't know if they'll have any (public) comments they can add on the
> > matter yet however.
> 
> Thanks Mario. Yes, there isn't much to say here in public other than to confirm
> we are keenly aware of the problem and have been actively working on fixing
> it, both for this instance, and the deeper systematic failure that resulted in this
> situation. No amount of kicking will expedite the process at this point, but
> should we feel the need, we'll reach out.
> 

The approval has come through and the patch has been submitted.
http://www.spinics.net/lists/platform-driver-x86/msg10286.html

Note: this is only half of the fix, the second half needs the ACPI subsystem to
not be frozen to be able to receive this event.