Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Move dell-led to drivers/platform/x86

["Michał Kępień" <kernel@kempniu.pl>]

Alex, 

> I tested the patches with the following setup. Please note I tested
> the microphone mute led by GUI, as the hotkey does not work on this
> system.

Thank you for taking the time to test this series, it is appreciated.  I
would not expect the switching method (GUI/hotkey) to matter here, as
long as we can compare behavior of two kernel versions by consistently
using one of them.

> 
> 1. Downloaded the below patches from patchwork
> 
> 9518737 Awaiting Upstream [v2,1/6] dell-led: remove GUID check from
> dell_micmute_led_set()
> 9518761 Awaiting Upstream [v2,2/6] ALSA: hda - use
> dell_micmute_led_set() instead of dell_app_wmi_led_set()
> 9518741 Awaiting Upstream [v2,3/6] ALSA: hda - rename
> dell_led_set_func to dell_micmute_led_set_func
> 9518725 Awaiting Upstream [v2,4/6] platform/x86: dell-laptop: import
> dell_micmute_led_set() from drivers/leds/dell-led.c
> 9518727 Awaiting Upstream [v2,5/6] dell-led: remove code related to mic mute LED
> 9518735 Awaiting Upstream [v2,6/6] dell-led: move driver to
> drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-led.c
> 9520053 Awaiting Upstream [v2,6+/6] platform/x86: dell-wmi-led: fix
> coding style issues
> 
> 2. Installed Ubuntu 16.10 (Linux kernel 4.8) on Dell Latitude 7180

Just to be sure, I assume you meant 7280?

> 
>   -> Microphone mute led works as expected
> 
> 3. Applied downloaded patches to kernel 4.8 without any conflicts, but
> kernel will not compile successfully.

I am confused.  This patch series should apply cleanly to 4.9 and its
surroundings.  Between 4.8 and 4.9, commit 4875a5f72180 ("ALSA: hda -
Fix a failure of micmute led when having multi adcs") happened.   This
makes it impossible to apply this patch series cleanly on top of 4.8
without reducing context to one line.

Moreover, I applied this patch series (with reduced context) to 4.8 and
successfully compiled the kernel.  Could you shed some light on where
exactly did your build crash?

> 
> 4. Installed Ubuntu Zesty kernel (Linux kernel 4.9)
> 
>   -> Microphone mute led works as expected
> 
> 5. Applied and compiled downloaded patches to kernel 4.9
> 
>   -> Microphone mute led does not work

Any chance of a git bisect?

> 
> 6. Compiled and installed Linux kernel 4.10 rc8
> 
>   -> Microphone mute led does not work

This is even more confusing.  Between 4.9, which you claim works fine,
and 4.10-rc8, which you claim does not work, I can see no changes to
either drivers/leds/dell-led.c or sound/pci/hda/dell_wmi_helper.c.
Kernel configuration issue?

> 
> 7. Applied and compiled downloaded patches to kernel 4.10 rc8
> 
>   -> Microphone mute led does not work

No surprises here if it really does not work with 4.10-rc8.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Kępień