Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Parse entire table as a term_list for Dell XPS 9570 and Precision M5530 | Date | Thu, 08 Feb 2018 10:48:09 +0100 |
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On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 9:09:04 PM CET Moore, Robert wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mario.Limonciello@dell.com [mailto:Mario.Limonciello@dell.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 11:03 AM > > To: Schmauss, Erik <erik.schmauss@intel.com>; andy.shevchenko@gmail.com; > > kai.heng.feng@canonical.com > > Cc: rjw@rjwysocki.net; lenb@kernel.org; linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; > > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Moore, Robert <robert.moore@intel.com> > > Subject: RE: [PATCH] ACPI: Parse entire table as a term_list for Dell > > XPS 9570 and Precision M5530 > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Schmauss, Erik [mailto:erik.schmauss@intel.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 12:38 PM > > > To: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>; Kai-Heng Feng > > > <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com> > > > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net>; Len Brown > > > <lenb@kernel.org>; ACPI Devel Maling List > > > <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>; Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux- > > > kernel@vger.kernel.org>; Limonciello, Mario > > > <Mario_Limonciello@Dell.com>; Moore, Robert <robert.moore@intel.com> > > > Subject: RE: [PATCH] ACPI: Parse entire table as a term_list for Dell > > > XPS 9570 and Precision M5530 > > > > > > Hi, > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-acpi- > > > > owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Andy Shevchenko > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 10:18 AM > > > > To: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com> > > > > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net>; Len Brown > > > > <lenb@kernel.org>; ACPI Devel Maling List > > > > <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>; Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux- > > > > kernel@vger.kernel.org>; Mario Limonciello > > > > <mario.limonciello@dell.com> > > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Parse entire table as a term_list for > > > > Dell XPS 9570 and Precision M5530 > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 8:07 AM, Kai-Heng Feng > > > > <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com> wrote: > > > > > The i2c touchpad on Dell XPS 9570 and Precision M5530 doesn't work > > > > > out of box. > > > > > > > > > > The touchpad relies on its _INI method to update its _HID value > > > > > from > > > > > XXXX0000 to SYNA2393. > > > > > Also, the _STA relies on value of I2CN to report correct status. > > > > > > > > > > Set acpi_gbl_parse_table_as_term_list so the value of I2CN can be > > > > > correctly set up, and _INI can get run. The ACPI table in this > > > > > machine is designed to get parsed this way. > > > > > > I thought I would give everyone an update: we are getting close to > > > finishing patches to enable this term list parsing by default as well > > > as a few other fixes with forward referencing of package elements. > > > Once we have established that these patches are stable, we will get > > > rid of acpi_gbl_parse_table_as_term_list. So this quirk may not be > > needed in the near future... > > > > Rafael, > > > > Would you be opposed to carrying a patch similar to this (proposed) > > quirk patch in kernel and reverting when Erik submits patches that get > > rid of acpi_gbl_parse_table_as_term_list? > > > > The reason being, I think this could also be a candidate to bring back > > to @stable and fix this problem on earlier kernels too. > > > > I don’t believe the patches that get rid of > > acpi_gbl_parse_table_as_term_list likely will be good candidates for > > @stable. > > > > > Does anyone remember what was the exact problem that forced the creation of > parse_table_as_term_list in the first place?
I don't remember exactly, but it was related to the MLC code.
That was introduced by this kernel commit:
commit de56ba95e8d6d760910711744a548b50b3a4262d Author: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com> Date: Wed Sep 7 14:06:54 2016 +0800
ACPICA: Interpreter: Fix MLC issues by switching to new term_list grammar for table loading
ACPICA commit 0e24fb67cde08d7df7671d7d7b183490dc79707e
which has a very detailed changelog including links to several bug entries.
Thanks, Rafael
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