Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] iio: gyro: bmg160: Drop most likely fake ACPI IDs

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Oct 21 2024 - 02:49:04 EST


On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 01:27:57PM -0700, Justin Weiss wrote:
> Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 17:57:32 +0300
> > Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> The commits in question do not proove that ACPI IDs exist.
> >> Quite likely it was a cargo cult addition while doing that
> >> for DT-based enumeration. Drop most likely fake ACPI IDs.
> >>
> >> The to be removed IDs has been checked against the following resources:
> >> 1) DuckDuckGo
> >> 2) Google
> >> 3) MS catalog: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx
> >> This gives no useful results in regard to DSDT, moreover, the official
> >> vendor IDs in the registry for Bosh are BSG and BOSC.
> >>
> >
> > I'm nervous about Bosch drivers in the wild given recent report
> > from Justin
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/87jzeboi3g.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

I know about Realtek case, but for BMI0/BMI it's interesting that MS
catalog shows hits on BMI160 (note no leading zero!), but not on BMI0160.

> > Justin, I couldn't find the driver you were referring to for the bmi160,
> > is it online somewhere?
>
> Yes, the BMI160/260 Windows driver is on this page:
> https://ayaneo.com/support/download
>
> It's at the very bottom, under "AYANEO Universal Gyro Driver." GPD also
> has a copy inside their driver pack under the "Drivers & BIOS" tab here:
> https://www.gpd.hk/gpdwinminifirmwaredriver, but the download is often
>> at capacity unless you're signed into Google.

I was not Cc'ed on ACPI ID parts, please make sure that the patch
that adds it has a pointer to the actual device which uses it _and_
DSDT excerpt of the respective Device object. Without that info provided,
NAK from me.

> > Also if you have other bosch drivers could you check for these + bmc150
> > IDs Andy is proposing dropping in:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/20241018145805.2181682-1-andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Unfortunately, the 160/260 driver is the only one I have. I wanted gyro
> support in Linux for a handheld PC I bought, and it was the IMU that
> happened to be inside.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko