* [PATCH v5 0/3] (no cover subject)
@ 2026-10-11 17:29 Aleksandrs Vinarskis
2026-10-11 17:29 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] dt-bindings: platform: introduce EC for Dell XPS 13 9345 Aleksandrs Vinarskis
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From: Aleksandrs Vinarskis @ 2026-10-11 17:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bjorn Andersson, Konrad Dybcio, Rob Herring, Krzysztof Kozlowski,
Conor Dooley, Hans de Goede, Ilpo Järvinen,
Bryan O'Donoghue, Kees Cook, Gustavo A. R. Silva, Abel Vesa
Cc: linux-arm-msm, devicetree, linux-kernel, platform-driver-x86,
Abel Vesa, Tobias Heider, Val Packett, Neil Armstrong,
Stephan Gerhold, linux-hardening, Krzysztof Kozlowski,
Dmitry Baryshkov, Konrad Dybcio
This series adds Embedded Controller (EC) driver for Dell XPS 13 9345.
While EC appears to control most of device's peripherals, particular
driver addresses power and thermal managment issues. Key operational
principle involves initial thermistor constants configuration followed
by a periodic reporting of these onboard thermistor values from across
the motherboard to the EC. The latter then handles fan ramp-up/
ramp-down internally. Suspend/Resume must be likewise propagated to EC
for power management.
The driver was developed primarily by analyzing ACPI DSDT's _DSM and
i2c dumps of communication between SoC and EC during various stages of
operation (bootup, suspend, resume).
With EC driver in place, the following issues are addressed:
1. Fans were not properly cooling the laptop, would kick in late and
spin lazily, resulting in heavy throttling. With EC driver fans
start sooner and hit high RPM under heavy load.
2. Fans were not stopping once SoC temperature dropped, they would keep
slowly spinning irrespective of suspend and/or closed lid until the
next powercycle. With EC driver shortly after SoC temperature drops,
thermistors temperature drops, and fans ramp-down.
3. Keyboard and touch row backlight were not turning off during
suspend - only lid close would power off the touch row. With EC
driver behavior matches that of Windows, suspending device with lid
open powers off the peripherals.
As thermistor readout depends on pmic's ADCs, this series introduces
EC driver and its schema, adds missing ADC to hamoa-pmics, and finally
adds thermistor and EC nodes to x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345.dts.
Additional findings:
- Max fan speed depends on Dell's power mode settings, configurable in
BIOS or using Windows app (relies on ACPI-WMI). It appears best
cooling performance is achieved under 'Ultra Performance' profile.
- When the said power mode is changed using Windows app, EC IRQ is
triggered. Windows performs what appears to be thermistor contants
readout, though its not obvious what it is used for.
- Given similarities between Dell XPS 13 series (codename 'tributo')
and Snapdragon-based Latitude, Inspiron ('thena'), including matching
EC address and response to suspend/resume command the EC driver can
be likely used for both, though in-depth testing on 'thena' is
required.
This series depends on QCOM SPMI PMIC5 Gen3 ADC [1], which was added to
`linux-next` for v7.1, but must be picked if this series to be backported.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260209105438.596339-1-jishnu.prakash@oss.qualcomm.com/
Signed-off-by: Aleksandrs Vinarskis <alex@vinarskis.com>
---
Changes in v5:
- Rebase on latest linux-next
- Re-schedule work if suspend fails as per Ilpo
- Fix comments as per Ilpo
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260809-dell-xps-9345-ec-v4-0-88306dbbc7aa@vinarskis.com
Changes in v4:
- Change to .data struct provided via compatible, which contains expected
thermistor arrangement and magic init sequence to make it easier to
support new systems as per Bryan
- Change milicelsius spelling, add newline, return as per Bryan
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260801-dell-xps-9345-ec-v3-0-9f4bdb5a5dad@vinarskis.com
Changes in v3:
- Rebase on latest linux-next
- Add Neil, Stephan to CC, as they worked on ADC for PMK8550
- Drop VADC for pmk8550 as it was already merged upstream
- Rename PMK8550 registers to use newly upstreamed headers for ADC5_GEN3
in both dt-bindings, device-tree patches
- Rename ADC labels to have meaningful for user names as per Bryan
- Drop Dmitry's RB from last patch since it was almost completely changed
now
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260404-dell-xps-9345-ec-v2-0-c977c3caa81f@vinarskis.com
Changes in v2:
- Update cover letter to indicate dependency on QCOM ADC series, only
relevant for backporting
- Update description of dell_xps_ec_suspend: entering suspend does not
necessarily ramp down the fans, if thermistors still report high temps
- Add die_temp/xo_therm to pmk8550 as per Konrad Dybcio
- Add missing header imports as per Ilpo Järvinen
- Add explanation for EC reset pin being reserved
- Fix device-tree: minor issues as per Konrad Dybcio
- Fix device-tree: alingment issues as per Konrad Dybcio
- Fix driver: alingment issues as per Bjorn Andersson
- Fix driver: handle temp value as 16bit register as per Ilpo Järvinen
- Fix bindigs: description and example as per Krzysztof Kozlowski
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260401-dell-xps-9345-ec-v1-0-afa5cacd49be@vinarskis.com
---
Aleksandrs Vinarskis (3):
dt-bindings: platform: introduce EC for Dell XPS 13 9345
platform: arm64: dell-xps-ec: new driver
arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345: introduce EC
.../embedded-controller/dell,xps13-9345-ec.yaml | 91 ++++++
MAINTAINERS | 6 +
.../boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345.dts | 86 +++++-
drivers/platform/arm64/Kconfig | 12 +
drivers/platform/arm64/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/platform/arm64/dell-xps-ec.c | 308 +++++++++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 502 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: c74ef2fbf60ff7e7b956c023a881e87502c1852a
change-id: 20260331-dell-xps-9345-ec-e5f49d1bef61
Best regards,
--
Aleksandrs Vinarskis <alex@vinarskis.com>
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* [PATCH v5 1/3] dt-bindings: platform: introduce EC for Dell XPS 13 9345
2026-10-11 17:29 [PATCH v5 0/3] (no cover subject) Aleksandrs Vinarskis
@ 2026-10-11 17:29 ` Aleksandrs Vinarskis
2026-10-11 17:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-11 17:29 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] platform: arm64: dell-xps-ec: new driver Aleksandrs Vinarskis
2026-10-11 17:29 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345: introduce EC Aleksandrs Vinarskis
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Aleksandrs Vinarskis @ 2026-10-11 17:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bjorn Andersson, Konrad Dybcio, Rob Herring, Krzysztof Kozlowski,
Conor Dooley, Hans de Goede, Ilpo Järvinen,
Bryan O'Donoghue, Kees Cook, Gustavo A. R. Silva, Abel Vesa
Cc: linux-arm-msm, devicetree, linux-kernel, platform-driver-x86,
Abel Vesa, Tobias Heider, Val Packett, Neil Armstrong,
Stephan Gerhold, linux-hardening, Krzysztof Kozlowski
Add bindings for Embedded Controller (EC) in Dell XPS 13 9345 (platform
codename 'tributo'). It may be partially or fully compatible with EC
found in Snapdragon-based Dell Latitude, Inspiron ('thena').
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Aleksandrs Vinarskis <alex@vinarskis.com>
---
.../embedded-controller/dell,xps13-9345-ec.yaml | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++
MAINTAINERS | 5 ++
2 files changed, 96 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/embedded-controller/dell,xps13-9345-ec.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/embedded-controller/dell,xps13-9345-ec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3485117b505c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/embedded-controller/dell,xps13-9345-ec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/embedded-controller/dell,xps13-9345-ec.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Dell XPS 13 9345 Embedded Controller
+
+maintainers:
+ - Aleksandrs Vinarskis <alex@vinarskis.com>
+
+description:
+ The Dell XPS 13 9345 has an Embedded Controller (EC) which handles thermal
+ and power management. It is communicating with SoC over multiple i2c busses.
+ Among other things, it handles fan speed control, thermal shutdown, peripheral
+ power supply including trackpad, touch-row, display. For these functions, it
+ requires frequently updated thermal readings from onboard thermistors.
+
+properties:
+ compatible:
+ const: dell,xps13-9345-ec
+
+ reg:
+ const: 0x3b
+
+ interrupts:
+ maxItems: 1
+
+ io-channels:
+ description:
+ ADC channels connected to the 7 onboard thermistors on PMK8550.
+ EC requires frequent thermal readings of these channels to perform
+ automated fan speed control.
+ items:
+ - description: ADC channel for sys_therm0
+ - description: ADC channel for sys_therm1
+ - description: ADC channel for sys_therm2
+ - description: ADC channel for sys_therm3
+ - description: ADC channel for sys_therm4
+ - description: ADC channel for sys_therm5
+ - description: ADC channel for sys_therm6
+
+ io-channel-names:
+ items:
+ - const: sys_therm0
+ - const: sys_therm1
+ - const: sys_therm2
+ - const: sys_therm3
+ - const: sys_therm4
+ - const: sys_therm5
+ - const: sys_therm6
+
+required:
+ - compatible
+ - reg
+ - interrupts
+ - io-channels
+ - io-channel-names
+
+additionalProperties: false
+
+examples:
+ - |
+ #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h>
+ #include <arm64/qcom/qcom-adc5-gen3.h>
+ i2c {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+
+ embedded-controller@3b {
+ compatible = "dell,xps13-9345-ec";
+ reg = <0x3b>;
+ interrupts-extended = <&tlmm 66 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
+
+ io-channels = <&pmk8550_vadc ADC5_GEN3_AMUX3_GPIO_100K_PU(1)>,
+ <&pmk8550_vadc ADC5_GEN3_AMUX4_GPIO_100K_PU(1)>,
+ <&pmk8550_vadc ADC5_GEN3_AMUX1_THM_100K_PU(1)>,
+ <&pmk8550_vadc ADC5_GEN3_AMUX2_THM_100K_PU(1)>,
+ <&pmk8550_vadc ADC5_GEN3_AMUX3_THM_100K_PU(1)>,
+ <&pmk8550_vadc ADC5_GEN3_AMUX4_THM_100K_PU(1)>,
+ <&pmk8550_vadc ADC5_GEN3_AMUX5_THM_100K_PU(1)>;
+ io-channel-names = "sys_therm0",
+ "sys_therm1",
+ "sys_therm2",
+ "sys_therm3",
+ "sys_therm4",
+ "sys_therm5",
+ "sys_therm6";
+ };
+ };
+...
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 252b6d7ee163..1aa035cc1c5b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -7465,6 +7465,11 @@ S: Maintained
F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
F: drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/
+DELL XPS EMBEDDED CONTROLLER DRIVER
+M: Aleksandrs Vinarskis <alex@vinarskis.com>
+S: Maintained
+F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/embedded-controller/dell,xps13-9345-ec.yaml
+
DELTA AHE-50DC FAN CONTROL MODULE DRIVER
M: Zev Weiss <zev@bewilderbeest.net>
L: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org
--
2.54.0
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* [PATCH v5 2/3] platform: arm64: dell-xps-ec: new driver
2026-10-11 17:29 [PATCH v5 0/3] (no cover subject) Aleksandrs Vinarskis
2026-10-11 17:29 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] dt-bindings: platform: introduce EC for Dell XPS 13 9345 Aleksandrs Vinarskis
@ 2026-10-11 17:29 ` Aleksandrs Vinarskis
2026-10-11 17:42 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-11 17:29 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345: introduce EC Aleksandrs Vinarskis
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Aleksandrs Vinarskis @ 2026-10-11 17:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bjorn Andersson, Konrad Dybcio, Rob Herring, Krzysztof Kozlowski,
Conor Dooley, Hans de Goede, Ilpo Järvinen,
Bryan O'Donoghue, Kees Cook, Gustavo A. R. Silva, Abel Vesa
Cc: linux-arm-msm, devicetree, linux-kernel, platform-driver-x86,
Abel Vesa, Tobias Heider, Val Packett, Neil Armstrong,
Stephan Gerhold, linux-hardening
Introduce EC driver for Dell XPS 13 9345 (codename 'tributo') which may
partially of fully compatible with Snapdragon-based Dell Latitude,
Inspiron ('thena'). Primary function of this driver is unblock EC's
thermal management, specifically to provide it with necessary
information to control device fans, peripherals power.
The driver was developed primarily by analyzing ACPI DSDT's _DSM and
i2c dumps of communication between SoC and EC. Changes to Windows
driver's behavior include increasing temperature feed loop from ~50ms
to 100ms here.
While Xps's EC is rather complex and controls practically all device
peripherals including touch row's brightness and special keys such as
mic mute, these do not go over this particular i2c interface.
Not yet implemented features:
- On lid-close IRQ event is registered. Windows performs what to
appears to be thermistor constants readout, though its not obvious
what it used for.
- According to ACPI's _DSM there is a method to readout fans' RPM.
- Initial thermistor constants were sniffed from Windows, these can be
likely fine tuned for better cooling performance.
- There is additional temperature reading that Windows sents to EC but
more rare than others, likely SoC T_j / TZ98 or TZ4. This is the only
thermal zone who's reading can exceed 115C without triggering thermal
shutdown.
- Given similarities between 'tributo' and 'thena' platforms, including
EC i2c address, driver can be potentially extended to support both.
Signed-off-by: Aleksandrs Vinarskis <alex@vinarskis.com>
---
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
drivers/platform/arm64/Kconfig | 12 ++
drivers/platform/arm64/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/platform/arm64/dell-xps-ec.c | 308 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 322 insertions(+)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1aa035cc1c5b..29149a1b6ec9 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -7469,6 +7469,7 @@ DELL XPS EMBEDDED CONTROLLER DRIVER
M: Aleksandrs Vinarskis <alex@vinarskis.com>
S: Maintained
F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/embedded-controller/dell,xps13-9345-ec.yaml
+F: drivers/platform/arm64/dell-xps-ec.c
DELTA AHE-50DC FAN CONTROL MODULE DRIVER
M: Zev Weiss <zev@bewilderbeest.net>
diff --git a/drivers/platform/arm64/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/arm64/Kconfig
index e32e01b2a9bd..29416f8d7232 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/platform/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ config EC_ACER_ASPIRE1
laptop where this information is not properly exposed via the
standard ACPI devices.
+config EC_DELL_XPS
+ tristate "Dell XPS 9345 Embedded Controller driver"
+ depends on ARCH_QCOM || COMPILE_TEST
+ depends on I2C
+ depends on IIO
+ help
+ Driver for the Embedded Controller in the Qualcomm Snapdragon-based
+ Dell XPS 13 9345, which handles thermal management and fan speed
+ control.
+
+ Say M or Y here to include this support.
+
config EC_HUAWEI_GAOKUN
tristate "Huawei Matebook E Go Embedded Controller driver"
depends on ARCH_QCOM || COMPILE_TEST
diff --git a/drivers/platform/arm64/Makefile b/drivers/platform/arm64/Makefile
index 7681be4a46e9..669dc9e79afb 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/platform/arm64/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#
obj-$(CONFIG_EC_ACER_ASPIRE1) += acer-aspire1-ec.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_EC_DELL_XPS) += dell-xps-ec.o
obj-$(CONFIG_EC_HUAWEI_GAOKUN) += huawei-gaokun-ec.o
obj-$(CONFIG_EC_LENOVO_YOGA_C630) += lenovo-yoga-c630.o
obj-$(CONFIG_EC_LENOVO_THINKPAD_T14S) += lenovo-thinkpad-t14s.o
diff --git a/drivers/platform/arm64/dell-xps-ec.c b/drivers/platform/arm64/dell-xps-ec.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cf2dd41b1aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/platform/arm64/dell-xps-ec.c
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, Aleksandrs Vinarskis <alex@vinarskis.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/array_size.h>
+#include <linux/container_of.h>
+#include <linux/dev_printk.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/devm-helpers.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/i2c.h>
+#include <linux/iio/consumer.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/overflow.h>
+#include <linux/pm.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/unaligned.h>
+#include <linux/units.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+
+#define DELL_XPS_EC_SUSPEND_CMD 0xb9
+#define DELL_XPS_EC_SUSPEND_MSG_LEN 64
+
+#define DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_CMD0 0xfb
+#define DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_CMD1 0x20
+#define DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_CMD3 0x02
+#define DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_MSG_LEN 6
+#define DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_POLL_JIFFIES msecs_to_jiffies(100)
+
+/*
+ * Mapping between IIO channel name (as per schematics) and EC command byte.
+ */
+struct dell_xps_ec_therm {
+ const char *name;
+ u8 cmd;
+};
+
+struct dell_xps_ec_data {
+ const struct dell_xps_ec_therm *therms;
+ unsigned int num_therms;
+ const u8 *profile;
+ size_t profile_len;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Format:
+ * - header/unknown (2 bytes)
+ * - per-thermistor entries (3 bytes): thermistor_id, param1, param2
+ */
+static const u8 dell_xps13_9345_thermistor_profile[] = {
+ 0xff, 0x54,
+ 0x01, 0x00, 0x2b, /* sys_therm0 */
+ 0x02, 0x44, 0x2a, /* sys_therm1 */
+ 0x03, 0x44, 0x2b, /* sys_therm2 */
+ 0x04, 0x44, 0x28, /* sys_therm3 */
+ 0x05, 0x55, 0x2a, /* sys_therm4 */
+ 0x06, 0x44, 0x26, /* sys_therm5 */
+ 0x07, 0x44, 0x2b, /* sys_therm6 */
+};
+
+static const struct dell_xps_ec_therm dell_xps13_9345_therms[] = {
+ /* TODO: 0x01 is sent only occasionally, likely TZ98 or TZ4. */
+ { "sys_therm0", 0x02 },
+ { "sys_therm1", 0x03 },
+ { "sys_therm2", 0x04 },
+ { "sys_therm3", 0x05 },
+ { "sys_therm4", 0x06 },
+ { "sys_therm5", 0x07 },
+ { "sys_therm6", 0x08 },
+};
+
+static const struct dell_xps_ec_data dell_xps13_9345_data = {
+ .therms = dell_xps13_9345_therms,
+ .num_therms = ARRAY_SIZE(dell_xps13_9345_therms),
+ .profile = dell_xps13_9345_thermistor_profile,
+ .profile_len = sizeof(dell_xps13_9345_thermistor_profile),
+};
+
+struct dell_xps_ec {
+ struct device *dev;
+ struct i2c_client *client;
+ const struct dell_xps_ec_data *data;
+ struct delayed_work temp_work;
+ unsigned int num_therms;
+ struct iio_channel *therm_channels[] __counted_by(num_therms);
+};
+
+static int dell_xps_ec_suspend_cmd(struct dell_xps_ec *ec, bool suspend)
+{
+ u8 buf[DELL_XPS_EC_SUSPEND_MSG_LEN] = {};
+ int ret;
+
+ buf[0] = DELL_XPS_EC_SUSPEND_CMD;
+ buf[1] = suspend ? 0x01 : 0x00;
+ /* bytes 2..63 remain zero */
+
+ ret = i2c_master_send(ec->client, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int dell_xps_ec_send_temp(struct dell_xps_ec *ec, u8 cmd_byte,
+ int milli_celsius)
+{
+ u8 buf[DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_MSG_LEN];
+ u16 deci_celsius;
+ int ret;
+
+ deci_celsius = milli_celsius / MILLIDEGREE_PER_DECIDEGREE;
+
+ buf[0] = DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_CMD0;
+ buf[1] = DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_CMD1;
+ buf[2] = cmd_byte;
+ buf[3] = DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_CMD3;
+ put_unaligned_le16(deci_celsius, &buf[4]);
+
+ ret = i2c_master_send(ec->client, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void dell_xps_ec_temp_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ struct dell_xps_ec *ec = container_of(work, struct dell_xps_ec,
+ temp_work.work);
+ const struct dell_xps_ec_therm *therms = ec->data->therms;
+ int val, ret;
+ unsigned int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ec->num_therms; i++) {
+ if (!ec->therm_channels[i])
+ continue;
+
+ ret = iio_read_channel_processed(ec->therm_channels[i], &val);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ dev_err_ratelimited(ec->dev,
+ "Failed to read thermistor %s: %d\n",
+ therms[i].name, ret);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ ret = dell_xps_ec_send_temp(ec, therms[i].cmd, val);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ dev_err_ratelimited(ec->dev,
+ "Failed to send temp for %s: %d\n",
+ therms[i].name, ret);
+ }
+ }
+
+ schedule_delayed_work(&ec->temp_work, DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_POLL_JIFFIES);
+}
+
+static irqreturn_t dell_xps_ec_irq_handler(int irq, void *data)
+{
+ struct dell_xps_ec *ec = data;
+
+ /*
+ * TODO: IRQ is fired on lid-close. Follow Windows example to read out
+ * the thermistor thresholds and potentially fan speeds.
+ */
+ dev_dbg(ec->dev, "IRQ triggered (irq=%d)\n", irq);
+
+ return IRQ_HANDLED;
+}
+
+static int dell_xps_ec_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
+{
+ const struct dell_xps_ec_data *data;
+ struct device *dev = &client->dev;
+ struct dell_xps_ec *ec;
+ unsigned int i;
+ int ret;
+
+ data = i2c_get_match_data(client);
+ if (!data)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, -ENODEV, "No match data\n");
+
+ ec = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(ec, therm_channels, data->num_therms),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!ec)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ ec->dev = dev;
+ ec->client = client;
+ ec->data = data;
+ ec->num_therms = data->num_therms;
+ i2c_set_clientdata(client, ec);
+
+ /* Set default thermistor profile */
+ ret = i2c_master_send(client, data->profile, data->profile_len);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Failed to set thermistor profile\n");
+
+ /* Get IIO channels for thermistors */
+ for (i = 0; i < ec->num_therms; i++) {
+ ec->therm_channels[i] =
+ devm_iio_channel_get(dev, data->therms[i].name);
+ if (IS_ERR(ec->therm_channels[i])) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(ec->therm_channels[i]);
+ ec->therm_channels[i] = NULL;
+ if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+ return ret;
+ dev_warn(dev, "Thermistor %s not available: %d\n",
+ data->therms[i].name, ret);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* Start periodic temperature reporting */
+ ret = devm_delayed_work_autocancel(dev, &ec->temp_work,
+ dell_xps_ec_temp_work_fn);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ schedule_delayed_work(&ec->temp_work, DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_POLL_JIFFIES);
+ dev_dbg(dev, "Started periodic temperature reporting to EC every %d ms\n",
+ jiffies_to_msecs(DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_POLL_JIFFIES));
+
+ /* Request IRQ for EC events */
+ ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(dev, client->irq, NULL,
+ dell_xps_ec_irq_handler,
+ IRQF_ONESHOT, dev_name(dev), ec);
+ if (ret)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Failed to request IRQ\n");
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Notify EC of suspend
+ *
+ * This will:
+ * - Cut power to display/trackpad/keyboard/touchrow, wake-up source still works.
+ */
+static int dell_xps_ec_suspend(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct dell_xps_ec *ec = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+ int ret;
+
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ec->temp_work);
+
+ ret = dell_xps_ec_suspend_cmd(ec, true);
+ if (ret) {
+ schedule_delayed_work(&ec->temp_work,
+ DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_POLL_JIFFIES);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Notify EC of resume
+ *
+ * This will undo the suspend actions. Without the resume signal, device would
+ * wake up but be forced back into suspend by EC within seconds.
+ */
+static int dell_xps_ec_resume(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct dell_xps_ec *ec = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = dell_xps_ec_suspend_cmd(ec, false);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ schedule_delayed_work(&ec->temp_work, DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_POLL_JIFFIES);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct of_device_id dell_xps_ec_of_match[] = {
+ { .compatible = "dell,xps13-9345-ec", .data = &dell_xps13_9345_data },
+ {}
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, dell_xps_ec_of_match);
+
+static const struct i2c_device_id dell_xps_ec_i2c_id[] = {
+ { "dell-xps-ec", (kernel_ulong_t)&dell_xps13_9345_data },
+ {}
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, dell_xps_ec_i2c_id);
+
+static const struct dev_pm_ops dell_xps_ec_pm_ops = {
+ SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(dell_xps_ec_suspend, dell_xps_ec_resume)
+};
+
+static struct i2c_driver dell_xps_ec_driver = {
+ .driver = {
+ .name = "dell-xps-ec",
+ .of_match_table = dell_xps_ec_of_match,
+ .pm = &dell_xps_ec_pm_ops,
+ },
+ .probe = dell_xps_ec_probe,
+ .id_table = dell_xps_ec_i2c_id,
+};
+module_i2c_driver(dell_xps_ec_driver);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Aleksandrs Vinarskis <alex@vinarskis.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Dell XPS 13 9345 Embedded Controller");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("IIO_CONSUMER");
--
2.54.0
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* [PATCH v5 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345: introduce EC
2026-10-11 17:29 [PATCH v5 0/3] (no cover subject) Aleksandrs Vinarskis
2026-10-11 17:29 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] dt-bindings: platform: introduce EC for Dell XPS 13 9345 Aleksandrs Vinarskis
2026-10-11 17:29 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] platform: arm64: dell-xps-ec: new driver Aleksandrs Vinarskis
@ 2026-10-11 17:29 ` Aleksandrs Vinarskis
2026-10-11 17:36 ` sashiko-bot
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Aleksandrs Vinarskis @ 2026-10-11 17:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bjorn Andersson, Konrad Dybcio, Rob Herring, Krzysztof Kozlowski,
Conor Dooley, Hans de Goede, Ilpo Järvinen,
Bryan O'Donoghue, Kees Cook, Gustavo A. R. Silva, Abel Vesa
Cc: linux-arm-msm, devicetree, linux-kernel, platform-driver-x86,
Abel Vesa, Tobias Heider, Val Packett, Neil Armstrong,
Stephan Gerhold, linux-hardening, Dmitry Baryshkov, Konrad Dybcio
Describe embedded controller, its interrupt and required thermal zones.
Add EC's reset GPIO to reserved range, as triggering it during device
operation leads to unrecoverable and unusable state.
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Aleksandrs Vinarskis <alex@vinarskis.com>
---
.../boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345.dts | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 84 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345.dts
index f48e6bc35006..6d99dc47eb16 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345.dts
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345.dts
@@ -759,8 +759,32 @@ retimer_ss0_con_sbu_out: endpoint {
&i2c5 {
clock-frequency = <100000>;
- status = "disabled";
- /* EC @0x3b */
+ status = "okay";
+
+ embedded-controller@3b {
+ compatible = "dell,xps13-9345-ec";
+ reg = <0x3b>;
+
+ interrupts-extended = <&tlmm 66 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
+
+ pinctrl-0 = <&ec_int_n_default>;
+ pinctrl-names = "default";
+
+ io-channels = <&pmk8550_vadc ADC5_GEN3_AMUX3_GPIO_100K_PU(1)>,
+ <&pmk8550_vadc ADC5_GEN3_AMUX4_GPIO_100K_PU(1)>,
+ <&pmk8550_vadc ADC5_GEN3_AMUX1_THM_100K_PU(1)>,
+ <&pmk8550_vadc ADC5_GEN3_AMUX2_THM_100K_PU(1)>,
+ <&pmk8550_vadc ADC5_GEN3_AMUX3_THM_100K_PU(1)>,
+ <&pmk8550_vadc ADC5_GEN3_AMUX4_THM_100K_PU(1)>,
+ <&pmk8550_vadc ADC5_GEN3_AMUX5_THM_100K_PU(1)>;
+ io-channel-names = "sys_therm0",
+ "sys_therm1",
+ "sys_therm2",
+ "sys_therm3",
+ "sys_therm4",
+ "sys_therm5",
+ "sys_therm6";
+ };
};
&i2c7 {
@@ -1025,6 +1049,57 @@ rtmr0_1p8_reg_en: rtmr0-1p8-reg-en-state {
};
};
+&pmk8550_vadc {
+ sys_therm0: channel@14c {
+ reg = <ADC5_GEN3_AMUX3_GPIO_100K_PU(1)>;
+ qcom,hw-settle-time = <200>;
+ qcom,ratiometric;
+ label = "lpddr5_therm";
+ };
+
+ sys_therm1: channel@14d {
+ reg = <ADC5_GEN3_AMUX4_GPIO_100K_PU(1)>;
+ qcom,hw-settle-time = <200>;
+ qcom,ratiometric;
+ label = "usb_charger_left_therm";
+ };
+
+ sys_therm2: channel@144 {
+ reg = <ADC5_GEN3_AMUX1_THM_100K_PU(1)>;
+ qcom,hw-settle-time = <200>;
+ qcom,ratiometric;
+ label = "vph_pwr_therm";
+ };
+
+ sys_therm3: channel@145 {
+ reg = <ADC5_GEN3_AMUX2_THM_100K_PU(1)>;
+ qcom,hw-settle-time = <200>;
+ qcom,ratiometric;
+ label = "usb_charger_right_therm";
+ };
+
+ sys_therm4: channel@146 {
+ reg = <ADC5_GEN3_AMUX3_THM_100K_PU(1)>;
+ qcom,hw-settle-time = <200>;
+ qcom,ratiometric;
+ label = "ssd_conn_therm";
+ };
+
+ sys_therm5: channel@147 {
+ reg = <ADC5_GEN3_AMUX4_THM_100K_PU(1)>;
+ qcom,hw-settle-time = <200>;
+ qcom,ratiometric;
+ label = "sys_therm5";
+ };
+
+ sys_therm6: channel@148 {
+ reg = <ADC5_GEN3_AMUX5_THM_100K_PU(1)>;
+ qcom,hw-settle-time = <200>;
+ qcom,ratiometric;
+ label = "keyboard_therm";
+ };
+};
+
&qupv3_0 {
status = "okay";
};
@@ -1092,6 +1167,7 @@ &tcsr {
&tlmm {
gpio-reserved-ranges = <44 4>, /* SPI11 (TPM) */
+ <65 1>, /* EC Reset, accessible but yields system unusable */
<76 4>, /* SPI19 (TZ Protected) */
<65 1>, /* EC reset */
<238 1>; /* UFS Reset */
@@ -1103,6 +1179,12 @@ cam_indicator_en: cam-indicator-en-state {
bias-disable;
};
+ ec_int_n_default: ec-int-n-state {
+ pins = "gpio66";
+ function = "gpio";
+ bias-disable;
+ };
+
edp_bl_en: edp-bl-en-state {
pins = "gpio74";
function = "gpio";
--
2.54.0
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* Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345: introduce EC
2026-10-11 17:29 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345: introduce EC Aleksandrs Vinarskis
@ 2026-10-11 17:36 ` sashiko-bot
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: sashiko-bot @ 2026-10-11 17:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Aleksandrs Vinarskis; +Cc: conor+dt, devicetree, robh
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Low] dts: duplicate gpio-reserved-ranges entry for GPIO 65 in tlmm node
- [Low] dts: subnodes of pmk8550_vadc are not sorted alphanumerically by unit address
--
commit b2ae087bb3abb0aa89d56fa01c7818e7b495008d
Author: Aleksandrs Vinarskis <alex@vinarskis.com>
arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345: introduce EC
This commit describes the embedded controller, its interrupt and required
thermal zones. It also adds the EC's reset GPIO to the reserved range to
prevent device operation from triggering an unrecoverable state.
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345.dts
> index f48e6bc350063..6d99dc47eb163 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345.dts
[ ... ]
> +&pmk8550_vadc {
> + sys_therm0: channel@14c {
> + reg = <ADC5_GEN3_AMUX3_GPIO_100K_PU(1)>;
> + qcom,hw-settle-time = <200>;
> + qcom,ratiometric;
> + label = "lpddr5_therm";
> + };
> +
> + sys_therm1: channel@14d {
> + reg = <ADC5_GEN3_AMUX4_GPIO_100K_PU(1)>;
> + qcom,hw-settle-time = <200>;
> + qcom,ratiometric;
> + label = "usb_charger_left_therm";
> + };
> +
> + sys_therm2: channel@144 {
> + reg = <ADC5_GEN3_AMUX1_THM_100K_PU(1)>;
[Severity: Low]
Are these subnodes ordered correctly? The newly added channel@... subnodes
under &pmk8550_vadc are sorted sequentially by their labels (sys_therm0,
sys_therm1, sys_therm2, etc.) rather than by their unit addresses.
As a result, the unit addresses appear out of order (@14c, @14d, @144).
Standard Devicetree style guidelines strictly require that child nodes be
sorted alphanumerically by their unit address.
[ ... ]
> &tlmm {
> gpio-reserved-ranges = <44 4>, /* SPI11 (TPM) */
> + <65 1>, /* EC Reset, accessible but yields system unusable */
> <76 4>, /* SPI19 (TZ Protected) */
> <65 1>, /* EC reset */
> <238 1>; /* UFS Reset */
[Severity: Low]
Is the duplicate <65 1> entry here intentional? The patch adds a <65 1> entry
for the EC Reset pin to the gpio-reserved-ranges array in the &tlmm node,
but an identical <65 1> entry for the EC reset is already present
immediately after the <76 4> entry.
This creates a duplicate, overlapping reserved range in the Devicetree
configuration.
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261011-dell-xps-9345-ec-v5-0-2ab1258b84c1@vinarskis.com?part=3
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* Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] dt-bindings: platform: introduce EC for Dell XPS 13 9345
2026-10-11 17:29 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] dt-bindings: platform: introduce EC for Dell XPS 13 9345 Aleksandrs Vinarskis
@ 2026-10-11 17:37 ` sashiko-bot
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: sashiko-bot @ 2026-10-11 17:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Aleksandrs Vinarskis; +Cc: robh, devicetree, conor+dt
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Low] dt-bindings: architecture-specific header included in yaml example
--
commit 8b45bf401f436a6e8330c0e4539c0d77e9e73400
Author: Aleksandrs Vinarskis <alex@vinarskis.com>
dt-bindings: platform: introduce EC for Dell XPS 13 9345
Add bindings for the Embedded Controller in the Dell XPS 13 9345. It defines
properties for thermal and power management over multiple i2c busses.
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/embedded-controller/dell,xps13-9345-ec.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/embedded-controller/dell,xps13-9345-ec.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..3485117b505cc
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/embedded-controller/dell,xps13-9345-ec.yaml
[ ... ]
> +examples:
> + - |
> + #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h>
> + #include <arm64/qcom/qcom-adc5-gen3.h>
[Severity: Low]
Does this example include an architecture-specific header? Including headers
outside of include/dt-bindings/ breaks dt-binding schema portability rules.
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261011-dell-xps-9345-ec-v5-0-2ab1258b84c1@vinarskis.com?part=1
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* Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] platform: arm64: dell-xps-ec: new driver
2026-10-11 17:29 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] platform: arm64: dell-xps-ec: new driver Aleksandrs Vinarskis
@ 2026-10-11 17:42 ` sashiko-bot
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: sashiko-bot @ 2026-10-11 17:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Aleksandrs Vinarskis; +Cc: robh, conor+dt, devicetree
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 3 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Critical] platform: dell-xps-ec: interrupt storm caused by returning IRQ_HANDLED without clearing HW state
- [High] platform: dell-xps-ec: transient I2C failure during resume permanently disables thermal polling
- [Medium] platform: dell-xps-ec: mismatch between static thermistor profile and runtime update IDs
--
commit f544064c3cc545aec4e67c4bd56d30853369771b
Author: Aleksandrs Vinarskis <alex@vinarskis.com>
platform: arm64: dell-xps-ec: new driver
Introduces a new embedded controller driver for the Dell XPS 13 9345.
The primary function of this driver is to unblock the EC's thermal
management by feeding it temperature information over an I2C interface.
This enables the EC to control device fans and peripheral power.
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/arm64/dell-xps-ec.c b/drivers/platform/arm64/dell-xps-ec.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..cf2dd41b1aa68
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/platform/arm64/dell-xps-ec.c
[ ... ]
> +static const u8 dell_xps13_9345_thermistor_profile[] = {
> + 0xff, 0x54,
> + 0x01, 0x00, 0x2b, /* sys_therm0 */
> + 0x02, 0x44, 0x2a, /* sys_therm1 */
> + 0x03, 0x44, 0x2b, /* sys_therm2 */
> + 0x04, 0x44, 0x28, /* sys_therm3 */
> + 0x05, 0x55, 0x2a, /* sys_therm4 */
> + 0x06, 0x44, 0x26, /* sys_therm5 */
> + 0x07, 0x44, 0x2b, /* sys_therm6 */
> +};
> +
> +static const struct dell_xps_ec_therm dell_xps13_9345_therms[] = {
> + /* TODO: 0x01 is sent only occasionally, likely TZ98 or TZ4. */
> + { "sys_therm0", 0x02 },
> + { "sys_therm1", 0x03 },
[Severity: Medium]
Will this mismatch between the initialization profile and the runtime mapping
cause issues for the EC?
The static profile initializes the first thermistor (sys_therm0) as ID 0x01,
but the runtime mapping array expects sys_therm0 to be updated using ID 0x02.
This off-by-one discrepancy appears to cause the driver to send periodic
temperature updates for sys_therm6 to ID 0x08, which was never initialized,
while leaving ID 0x01 without any temperature updates.
[ ... ]
> +static irqreturn_t dell_xps_ec_irq_handler(int irq, void *data)
> +{
> + struct dell_xps_ec *ec = data;
> +
> + /*
> + * TODO: IRQ is fired on lid-close. Follow Windows example to read out
> + * the thermistor thresholds and potentially fan speeds.
> + */
> + dev_dbg(ec->dev, "IRQ triggered (irq=%d)\n", irq);
> +
> + return IRQ_HANDLED;
> +}
[Severity: Critical]
Can this cause an interrupt storm?
The threaded handler unconditionally logs a debug message and returns
IRQ_HANDLED, but performs no I2C operations to acknowledge or clear the
event on the EC.
Since the interrupt is level-triggered active-low, unmasking the line
without clearing the hardware state will cause the interrupt to immediately
fire again. This could completely consume a CPU core and hang or severely
degrade the system.
[ ... ]
> +static int dell_xps_ec_resume(struct device *dev)
> +{
> + struct dell_xps_ec *ec = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = dell_xps_ec_suspend_cmd(ec, false);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + schedule_delayed_work(&ec->temp_work, DELL_XPS_EC_TEMP_POLL_JIFFIES);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
[Severity: High]
If the I2C transaction fails during resume, will this permanently disable
thermal polling?
The early return bypasses re-arming the periodic work in ec->temp_work.
The PM core ignores errors returned from resume callbacks, so the system
wakes up successfully, but the cyclic temperature polling timer remains
disabled for the rest of the session. Should the delayed work be scheduled
even if the suspend command fails?
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261011-dell-xps-9345-ec-v5-0-2ab1258b84c1@vinarskis.com?part=2
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