Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/dell: alienware-wmi-wmax: add Alienware Area-51 AAT2250

Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/dell: alienware-wmi-wmax: add Alienware Area-51 AAT2250

[Kurt Borja]

On Thu Aug 27, 2026 at 2:37 PM -05, Rickey Bartlett wrote:
> Add the Alienware Area-51 (2025 desktop, model AAT2250) to the AWCC DMI
> table. Tested on hardware with BIOS 1.6.0: loading with
> force_platform_profile=1 force_hwmon=1 exposes a working platform
> profile (quiet/balanced/balanced-performance/custom) and a fully
> functional hwmon interface (6 fans - CPU, 3 top, 2 front - with
> fan boost control and temperature sensors). G-Mode is not applicable
> to this desktop, so generic_quirks is used.

I would move this G-Mode sentence right after the first sentence.

>
> The full product name is matched to avoid colliding with the
> "Alienware Area-51m" and "Alienware 16/18 Area-51" laptop entries.

Same for this paragraph, it makes more sense together with the first
paragraph. Then you can let the "Tested on" stuff be its own paragraph.

>
> Signed-off-by: Rickey Bartlett <subtexel@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
> b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
> @@ -122,6 +122,14 @@
> .driver_data = &g_series_quirks,
> },
> {
> + .ident = "Alienware Area-51 AAT2250",
> + .matches = {
> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Alienware"),
> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Alienware Area-51 AAT2250"),
> + },
> + .driver_data = &generic_quirks,
> + },
> + {
> .ident = "Alienware Area-51m",
> .matches = {
> DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Alienware"),

This is not the right indentation of the file. I believe your patch got
corrupted. It was probably your mail client so you should check that
out. Additionally, please use ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl to get all
maintainers and lists involved. You are missing Ilpo and LKML.

Thanks for adding this model! Could you also email me the acpidump of
that machine? I like to keep acpidumps of every model on the list on my
personal archive.

-- 
Thanks,
 ~ Kurt