From: "Kurt Borja" <kuurtb@gmail.com>
To: "Rong Zhang" <i@rong.moe>,
"Mark Pearson" <mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca>,
"Derek J. Clark" <derekjohn.clark@gmail.com>,
"Armin Wolf" <W_Armin@gmx.de>, "Hans de Goede" <hansg@kernel.org>,
"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "Kurt Borja" <kuurtb@gmail.com>,
<platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Add debugfs file for dumping capdata
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:41:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DGBOH3NPCWFS.5SUAX6FZNZZ8@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260210191938.137234-1-i@rong.moe>
On Tue Feb 10, 2026 at 2:19 PM -05, Rong Zhang wrote:
> The Lenovo GameZone/Other interfaces have some delicate divergences
> among different devices. When making a bug report or adding support for
> new devices/interfaces, capdata is the most important information to
> cross-check with.
>
> Add a debugfs file (lenovo_wmi/<device_name>/capdata), so that users can
> dump capdata and include it in their reports.
>
> The output is like:
>
> LENOVO_CAPABILITY_DATA_00[0]:
> id: 0x00010000 [dev: 0, feat: 1, mode: 0, type: 0]
> supported: 0x00000007 [ RWV]
> default_value: 0
>
> LENOVO_CAPABILITY_DATA_01[0]:
> id: 0x00000000 [dev: 0, feat: 0, mode: 0, type: 0]
> supported: 0x00000000 [ ]
> default_value: 0
> step: 0
> min_value: 0
> max_value: 0
>
> LENOVO_FAN_TEST_DATA[0]:
> id: 1
> min_rpm: 2200
> max_rpm: 5000
>
> A helper function for creating per-devcie debugfs directories is also
> introduced into lenovo-wmi-helpers in order that we can maintain a tidy
> directory structure in debugfs.
>
> The series is based on platform-drivers-x86/review-ilpo-next since it
> depends on a commit there. I am OK to wait until the next cycle.
>
> Rong Zhang (2):
> platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-helpers: Add helper for creating per-device
> debugfs dir
> platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Add debugfs file for dumping capdata
>
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/Kconfig | 1 +
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-capdata.c | 121 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-capdata.h | 4 +-
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-helpers.c | 34 ++++++
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-helpers.h | 2 +
> 5 files changed, 159 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: 5a5203a45b063a594e89a2aeaf9e4923893a5b4c
Hi Rong,
This is indeed very useful debug information.
Once you and Derek agree on the approach for this series, I'll add my
Tested-by tag.
One more thing though. Can you please explain the "supported" byte? What
is `+` and `V` supposed to mean?
--
Thanks,
~ Kurt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-10 23:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-10 19:19 [PATCH 0/2] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Add debugfs file for dumping capdata Rong Zhang
2026-02-10 19:19 ` [PATCH 1/2] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-helpers: Add helper for creating per-device debugfs dir Rong Zhang
2026-02-10 19:19 ` [PATCH 2/2] platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-capdata: Add debugfs file for dumping capdata Rong Zhang
2026-02-10 20:38 ` Derek J. Clark
2026-02-10 23:47 ` Kurt Borja
2026-02-11 11:47 ` Rong Zhang
2026-02-11 19:10 ` Derek J. Clark
2026-02-25 18:28 ` Derek J. Clark
2026-02-25 18:24 ` Kurt Borja
2026-02-10 23:41 ` Kurt Borja [this message]
2026-02-10 23:49 ` [PATCH 0/2] " Derek J. Clark
2026-02-11 11:49 ` Rong Zhang
2026-02-11 19:14 ` Derek J. Clark
2026-03-25 18:15 ` Rong Zhang
2026-03-26 16:34 ` Rong Zhang
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