Re: [PATCH v4 5/5] platform/x86: acer-wmi: Ignore AC events

[Kurt Borja]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 01:16:57AM +0100, Armin Wolf wrote:
> On the Acer Swift SFG14-41, the events 8 - 1 and 8 - 0 are printed on
> AC connect/disconnect. Ignore those events to avoid spamming the
> kernel log with error messages.

I noticed acer_thermal_profile_change() behavior changed whether the
laptop was on AC or not. Maybe users expect some kind of behavior around
thermal profiles with this event? Like switching to low-power when not
on AC or something like that.

~ Kurt

> 
> Reported-by: Farhan Anwar <farhan.anwar8@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/platform-driver-x86/2ffb529d-e7c8-4026-a3b8-120c8e7afec8@xxxxxxxxx
> Tested-by: Rayan Margham <rayanmargham4@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c
> index aad8eb0ddae5..ef26ec8d90ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c
> @@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ enum acer_wmi_event_ids {
>  	WMID_HOTKEY_EVENT = 0x1,
>  	WMID_ACCEL_OR_KBD_DOCK_EVENT = 0x5,
>  	WMID_GAMING_TURBO_KEY_EVENT = 0x7,
> +	WMID_AC_EVENT = 0x8,
>  };
> 
>  enum acer_wmi_predator_v4_sys_info_command {
> @@ -2304,6 +2305,9 @@ static void acer_wmi_notify(union acpi_object *obj, void *context)
>  		if (return_value.key_num == 0x5 && has_cap(ACER_CAP_PLATFORM_PROFILE))
>  			acer_thermal_profile_change();
>  		break;
> +	case WMID_AC_EVENT:
> +		/* We ignore AC events here */
> +		break;
>  	default:
>  		pr_warn("Unknown function number - %d - %d\n",
>  			return_value.function, return_value.key_num);
> --
> 2.39.5
>