From: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>
To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Let the user overrule the detected
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:03:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47341453.8060100@hhs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071109000324.3ea312e1@hyperion.delvare>
Jean Delvare wrote:
> While it is possible to force SMBus-based hardware monitoring chip
> drivers to drive a not officially supported device, we do not have this
> possibility for Super-I/O-based drivers. That's unfortunate because
> sometimes newer chips are fully compatible and just forcing the driver
> to load would work. Instead of that we have to tell the users to
> recompile the kernel driver, which isn't an easy task for everyone.
>
> So, I propose that we add a module parameter to all Super-I/O based
> hardware monitoring drivers, letting advanced users force the driver
> to load on their machine. The user has to provide the device ID of a
> supposedly compatible device. This requires looking at the source code or
> a datasheet, so I am confident that users can't randomly force a driver
> without knowing what they are doing. Thus this should be relatively safe.
>
> As you can see from the code, the implementation is pretty simple and
> unintrusive.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Sounds like a good plan to me and the patch looks good to me too, notice that
it touches lots of files, so despite a best effort I may have overlooked a typo
of some kind.
Acked-by: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>
Regards,
Hans
> ---
> drivers/hwmon/dme1737.c | 6 +++++-
> drivers/hwmon/f71805f.c | 6 +++++-
> drivers/hwmon/f71882fg.c | 6 +++++-
> drivers/hwmon/it87.c | 6 +++++-
> drivers/hwmon/pc87360.c | 6 +++++-
> drivers/hwmon/pc87427.c | 6 +++++-
> drivers/hwmon/smsc47b397.c | 6 +++++-
> drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c | 6 +++++-
> drivers/hwmon/vt1211.c | 8 +++++++-
> drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c | 11 +++++++++--
> drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c | 6 +++++-
> 11 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> --- linux-2.6.24-rc2.orig/drivers/hwmon/f71805f.c 2007-11-07 20:18:20.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc2/drivers/hwmon/f71805f.c 2007-11-08 23:23:38.000000000 +0100
> @@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
> #include <linux/acpi.h>
> #include <asm/io.h>
>
> +static unsigned short force_id;
> +module_param(force_id, ushort, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_id, "Overrule the detected device ID");
> +
> static struct platform_device *pdev;
>
> #define DRVNAME "f71805f"
> @@ -1502,7 +1506,7 @@ static int __init f71805f_find(int sioad
> if (devid != SIO_FINTEK_ID)
> goto exit;
>
> - devid = superio_inw(sioaddr, SIO_REG_DEVID);
> + devid = force_id ? force_id : superio_inw(sioaddr, SIO_REG_DEVID);
> switch (devid) {
> case SIO_F71805F_ID:
> sio_data->kind = f71805f;
> --- linux-2.6.24-rc2.orig/drivers/hwmon/f71882fg.c 2007-11-07 20:18:20.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc2/drivers/hwmon/f71882fg.c 2007-11-08 23:36:51.000000000 +0100
> @@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
>
> #define FAN_MIN_DETECT 366 /* Lowest detectable fanspeed */
>
> +static unsigned short force_id;
> +module_param(force_id, ushort, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_id, "Overrule the detected device ID");
> +
> static struct platform_device *f71882fg_pdev = NULL;
>
> /* Super-I/O Function prototypes */
> @@ -844,7 +848,7 @@ static int __init f71882fg_find(int sioa
> goto exit;
> }
>
> - devid = superio_inw(sioaddr, SIO_REG_DEVID);
> + devid = force_id ? force_id : superio_inw(sioaddr, SIO_REG_DEVID);
> if (devid != SIO_F71882_ID) {
> printk(KERN_INFO DRVNAME ": Unsupported Fintek device\n");
> goto exit;
> --- linux-2.6.24-rc2.orig/drivers/hwmon/pc87360.c 2007-11-07 20:18:20.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc2/drivers/hwmon/pc87360.c 2007-11-08 23:38:59.000000000 +0100
> @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(init,
> " 2: Forcibly enable all voltage and temperature channels, except in9\n"
> " 3: Forcibly enable all voltage and temperature channels, including in9");
>
> +static unsigned short force_id;
> +module_param(force_id, ushort, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_id, "Overrule the detected device ID");
> +
> /*
> * Super-I/O registers and operations
> */
> @@ -827,7 +831,7 @@ static int __init pc87360_find(int sioad
> /* No superio_enter */
>
> /* Identify device */
> - val = superio_inb(sioaddr, DEVID);
> + val = force_id ? force_id : superio_inb(sioaddr, DEVID);
> switch (val) {
> case 0xE1: /* PC87360 */
> case 0xE8: /* PC87363 */
> --- linux-2.6.24-rc2.orig/drivers/hwmon/pc87427.c 2007-11-07 20:18:20.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc2/drivers/hwmon/pc87427.c 2007-11-08 23:38:50.000000000 +0100
> @@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
> #include <linux/acpi.h>
> #include <asm/io.h>
>
> +static unsigned short force_id;
> +module_param(force_id, ushort, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_id, "Overrule the detected device ID");
> +
> static struct platform_device *pdev;
>
> #define DRVNAME "pc87427"
> @@ -560,7 +564,7 @@ static int __init pc87427_find(int sioad
> int i, err = 0;
>
> /* Identify device */
> - val = superio_inb(sioaddr, SIOREG_DEVID);
> + val = force_id ? force_id : superio_inb(sioaddr, SIOREG_DEVID);
> if (val != 0xf2) { /* PC87427 */
> err = -ENODEV;
> goto exit;
> --- linux-2.6.24-rc2.orig/drivers/hwmon/dme1737.c 2007-11-07 20:18:20.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc2/drivers/hwmon/dme1737.c 2007-11-08 23:43:19.000000000 +0100
> @@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ static int force_start;
> module_param(force_start, bool, 0);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_start, "Force the chip to start monitoring inputs");
>
> +static unsigned short force_id;
> +module_param(force_id, ushort, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_id, "Overrule the detected device ID");
> +
> /* Addresses to scan */
> static unsigned short normal_i2c[] = {0x2c, 0x2d, 0x2e, I2C_CLIENT_END};
>
> @@ -2192,7 +2196,7 @@ static int __init dme1737_isa_detect(int
> /* Check device ID
> * We currently know about SCH3112 (0x7c), SCH3114 (0x7d), and
> * SCH3116 (0x7f). */
> - reg = dme1737_sio_inb(sio_cip, 0x20);
> + reg = force_id ? force_id : dme1737_sio_inb(sio_cip, 0x20);
> if (!(reg = 0x7c || reg = 0x7d || reg = 0x7f)) {
> err = -ENODEV;
> goto exit;
> --- linux-2.6.24-rc2.orig/drivers/hwmon/it87.c 2007-11-07 20:18:20.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc2/drivers/hwmon/it87.c 2007-11-08 23:43:34.000000000 +0100
> @@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
>
> enum chips { it87, it8712, it8716, it8718 };
>
> +static unsigned short force_id;
> +module_param(force_id, ushort, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_id, "Overrule the detected device ID");
> +
> static struct platform_device *pdev;
>
> #define REG 0x2e /* The register to read/write */
> @@ -893,7 +897,7 @@ static int __init it87_find(unsigned sho
> u16 chip_type;
>
> superio_enter();
> - chip_type = superio_inw(DEVID);
> + chip_type = force_id ? force_id : superio_inw(DEVID);
>
> switch (chip_type) {
> case IT8705F_DEVID:
> --- linux-2.6.24-rc2.orig/drivers/hwmon/smsc47b397.c 2007-11-07 20:18:20.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc2/drivers/hwmon/smsc47b397.c 2007-11-08 23:43:48.000000000 +0100
> @@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
> #include <linux/acpi.h>
> #include <asm/io.h>
>
> +static unsigned short force_id;
> +module_param(force_id, ushort, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_id, "Overrule the detected device ID");
> +
> static struct platform_device *pdev;
>
> #define DRVNAME "smsc47b397"
> @@ -338,7 +342,7 @@ static int __init smsc47b397_find(unsign
> u8 id, rev;
>
> superio_enter();
> - id = superio_inb(SUPERIO_REG_DEVID);
> + id = force_id ? force_id : superio_inb(SUPERIO_REG_DEVID);
>
> if ((id != 0x6f) && (id != 0x81) && (id != 0x85)) {
> superio_exit();
> --- linux-2.6.24-rc2.orig/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c 2007-11-07 20:18:20.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc2/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c 2007-11-08 23:44:10.000000000 +0100
> @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
> #include <linux/acpi.h>
> #include <asm/io.h>
>
> +static unsigned short force_id;
> +module_param(force_id, ushort, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_id, "Overrule the detected device ID");
> +
> static struct platform_device *pdev;
>
> #define DRVNAME "smsc47m1"
> @@ -400,7 +404,7 @@ static int __init smsc47m1_find(unsigned
> u8 val;
>
> superio_enter();
> - val = superio_inb(SUPERIO_REG_DEVID);
> + val = force_id ? force_id : superio_inb(SUPERIO_REG_DEVID);
>
> /*
> * SMSC LPC47M10x/LPC47M112/LPC47M13x (device id 0x59), LPC47M14x
> --- linux-2.6.24-rc2.orig/drivers/hwmon/vt1211.c 2007-11-07 20:18:20.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc2/drivers/hwmon/vt1211.c 2007-11-08 23:45:05.000000000 +0100
> @@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ static int int_mode = -1;
> module_param(int_mode, int, 0);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(int_mode, "Force the temperature interrupt mode");
>
> +static unsigned short force_id;
> +module_param(force_id, ushort, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_id, "Overrule the detected device ID");
> +
> static struct platform_device *pdev;
>
> #define DRVNAME "vt1211"
> @@ -1285,10 +1289,12 @@ EXIT:
> static int __init vt1211_find(int sio_cip, unsigned short *address)
> {
> int err = -ENODEV;
> + int devid;
>
> superio_enter(sio_cip);
>
> - if (superio_inb(sio_cip, SIO_VT1211_DEVID) != SIO_VT1211_ID) {
> + devid = force_id ? force_id : superio_inb(sio_cip, SIO_VT1211_DEVID);
> + if (devid != SIO_VT1211_ID) {
> goto EXIT;
> }
>
> --- linux-2.6.24-rc2.orig/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c 2007-11-07 20:18:20.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc2/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c 2007-11-08 23:45:56.000000000 +0100
> @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ static const char * w83627ehf_device_nam
> "w83627dhg",
> };
>
> +static unsigned short force_id;
> +module_param(force_id, ushort, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_id, "Overrule the detected device ID");
> +
> #define DRVNAME "w83627ehf"
>
> /*
> @@ -1438,8 +1442,11 @@ static int __init w83627ehf_find(int sio
>
> superio_enter(sioaddr);
>
> - val = (superio_inb(sioaddr, SIO_REG_DEVID) << 8)
> - | superio_inb(sioaddr, SIO_REG_DEVID + 1);
> + if (force_id)
> + val = force_id;
> + else
> + val = (superio_inb(sioaddr, SIO_REG_DEVID) << 8)
> + | superio_inb(sioaddr, SIO_REG_DEVID + 1);
> switch (val & SIO_ID_MASK) {
> case SIO_W83627EHF_ID:
> sio_data->kind = w83627ehf;
> --- linux-2.6.24-rc2.orig/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c 2007-11-08 22:59:44.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc2/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c 2007-11-08 23:46:11.000000000 +0100
> @@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ static int init = 1;
> module_param(init, bool, 0);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(init, "Set to zero to bypass chip initialization");
>
> +static unsigned short force_id;
> +module_param(force_id, ushort, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_id, "Overrule the detected device ID");
> +
> /* modified from kernel/include/traps.c */
> static int REG; /* The register to read/write */
> #define DEV 0x07 /* Register: Logical device select */
> @@ -1015,7 +1019,7 @@ static int __init w83627hf_find(int sioa
> VAL = sioaddr + 1;
>
> superio_enter();
> - val= superio_inb(DEVID);
> + val = force_id ? force_id : superio_inb(DEVID);
> switch (val) {
> case W627_DEVID:
> sio_data->type = w83627hf;
>
>
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2007-11-08 23:03 [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Let the user overrule the detected Jean Delvare
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