From: Justin Vargas <justinyvar@gmail.com>
To: jlee@suse.com, hansg@kernel.org, ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com
Cc: W_Armin@gmx.de, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Justin Vargas <justinyvar@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86: acer-wmi: Add support for Acer Nitro ANV15-51
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:29:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260729222920.6490-1-justinyvar@gmail.com> (raw)
The Acer Nitro ANV15-51 uses the Predator V4 WMI interface for thermal
profile handling and hardware monitoring, but has no quirk entry, so
these features are only available when the predator_v4 module parameter
is passed manually.
Add a quirk entry for this model.
Note that this machine does not support the turbo thermal profile: its
supported profiles bitmap (misc setting 0x0A) reads 0x53, and writing
PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE is rejected by the firmware. The four
remaining profiles work as expected.
Signed-off-by: Justin Vargas <justinyvar@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Justin Vargas <justinyvar@gmail.com>
---
Tested on an Acer Nitro ANV15-51, BIOS V1.60 (04/08/2026),
kernel 7.0.11-1-cachyos:
$ sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
Nitro ANV15-51
$ sudo modprobe acer_wmi predator_v4=1
$ cat /sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile_choices
low-power quiet balanced balanced-performance performance
Writing low-power, quiet, balanced and balanced-performance all succeed
and audibly change fan behaviour. Writing performance is rejected by the
firmware, consistent with the supported profiles bitmap (0x0A) reading
0x53, i.e. bit 5 (turbo) clear.
hwmon works: sensors reports acer-isa-0ace with fan1 3024 RPM,
fan2 2685 RPM, temp1 +48.0 C.
The WMI mechanism was cross-checked on Windows, where NitroSense switches
profiles via SetGamingMiscSetting with index 0x0B and the same profile
values used by this driver.
Disclosure: this patch and the analysis behind it were produced with the
assistance of an AI model (Anthropic Claude). All testing was performed
by me on the physical machine, and I take responsibility for the patch
as signed off above.
drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c
index e0eaaefb13d..a7290f85166 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c
@@ -662,6 +662,15 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id acer_quirks[] __initconst = {
},
.driver_data = &quirk_acer_nitro_an515_58,
},
+ {
+ .callback = dmi_matched,
+ .ident = "Acer Nitro ANV15-51",
+ .matches = {
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Acer"),
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Nitro ANV15-51"),
+ },
+ .driver_data = &quirk_acer_predator_v4,
+ },
{
.callback = dmi_matched,
.ident = "Acer Predator PH315-53",
--
2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-29 22:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-29 22:29 Justin Vargas [this message]
2026-07-29 23:51 ` [PATCH v2] platform/x86: acer-wmi: Add support for Acer Nitro ANV15-51 Justin Vargas
2026-07-30 9:17 ` Armin Wolf
2026-07-30 14:05 ` Justin Vargas
2026-07-31 7:15 ` Justin Vargas
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