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[73.70.201.200]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5a478bee46e88-3537c61eaa0sm62110502eec.0.2026.10.14.16.33.29 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:33:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Qian Xiao To: Guenter Roeck Cc: Ed Brindley , Denis Pauk , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , Randy Dunlap , linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Qian Xiao Subject: [PATCH] hwmon: (asus_wmi_sensors) Drop misleading BIOS upgrade advice Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:33:18 -0700 Message-ID: <20261014233318.34567-1-heyheyco@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The Known Issues section suggests that upgrading to a BIOS with WMI method version two or greater should rectify the problem. However, the driver refuses to bind when the BIOS reports a version below two, so every system using the driver already meets that condition and the advice does not help. Remove the sentence. While at it, fix a typo in the preceding sentence. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hwmon/CAFGXJCm6ZWK0NsFhZ1_ycgYtTTT3nhqj9mose60t+Rrry1aPvw@mail.gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Qian Xiao --- For context, the fan issue has continued to be reported with the in-tree driver (which implies method version >= 2), e.g.: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/tunnvb/psa_if_youre_experiencing_weird_fan_behaviour_on/ https://forums.unraid.net/topic/131340-semi-solved-611x612x-bug-system-fans-stopped-after-a-few-hours-asus-mainboard-linux-517-driver-asus-wmi-driver-issue/ Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_sensors.rst | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_sensors.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_sensors.rst index 8f2096c..f6fa66f 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_sensors.rst +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_sensors.rst @@ -72,7 +72,5 @@ Known Issues: X470 Pro seems particularly bad for this. The more frequently the WMI interface is polled the greater the potential for this to happen. Until you have subjected your computer to an extended soak test while polling the - sensors frequently, don't leave you computer unattended. Upgrading to new - BIOS version with method version greater than or equal to two should - rectify the issue. + sensors frequently, don't leave your computer unattended. * A few boards report 12v voltages to be ~10v. -- 2.53.0