Re: [PATCH v2] platform/x86: intel-hid: Add support for Device Specific Methods

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 6:48 AM,  <Mario.Limonciello@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>I strongly advocate for vendors to have more control over their drivers,
>>but this scenario really frustrates me. I don't think I can justify this
>>to Linus as a fix. But before we just say "no" (because hey, I want
>>these fixes available as early as possible too), let's ask Rafael if he
>>has an opinion or if there is precedent for this in his experience with
>>ACPI drivers in general:
>
> Full disclosure - an updated FW has since been rolled out that reverted this
> behavior back to previous FW behavior due to lack of Linux support for the
> new _DSM.  There is desire to use the new interface (as it did fix actual
> problems with the old one) so at some point it may return.  When that happens
> it would be ideal that people who are (for example) running an LTS kernel
> or distro kernel that tracks stable can pick it up too.

I am all for the better user experience and bugs especially in FW
should be fixed, but I think to support all kind of behaviour the new
FW release should always provide a knob by which we can check if some
feature is supported or not.

Above sounds to me as mistake in design of the fix.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko