Hello Enrico, >-----Original Message----- >From: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@xxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 8:36 PM >To: Nitin Joshi1 <njoshi1@xxxxxxxxxx>; Mark RH Pearson ><markpearson@xxxxxxxxxx>; Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>; >Esteve Varela Colominas <esteve.varela@xxxxxxxxx>; Henrique de Moraes >Holschuh <ibm-acpi@xxxxxxxxxx> >Cc: ibm-acpi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; platform-driver- >x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [External] Re: [PATCH] thinkpad_acpi: Allow the FnLock LED to >change state > >On 19.03.21 11:39, Nitin Joshi1 wrote: > >Hi, > >> Regarding "GMKS" method, it does not have "version" related information. >So , its unlikely to impact any older platforms. >> However, I got it confirmed that definition of GMKS method itself doesn't >include any workaround feature. >> >> But, since its getter function , I also think its harmless and if it workaround >some issue then I don’t see any concern. > >How about publishing schematics / specs, so we can confirm what it's really >doing ? Thank you for your comment. I will check regarding this and feedback you later. > >In recent decades I've learn to mistrust vendor-provided firmware (especially >when it comes to acpi). The reason why I'm currently bisecting AMD's AGESA >blob, in order to completely replace it. > >It's a tedious job, had to write my own analysis tool, but step by step making >progress. (and already learned they've been using a pretty inefficient compiler >that can't even inline trivial memcpy(). >Probably some older msvc ... :p) > >--mtx Thanks & Regards, Nitin Joshi > >-- >--- >Hinweis: unverschlüsselte E-Mails können leicht abgehört und manipuliert >werden ! Für eine vertrauliche Kommunikation senden Sie bitte ihren >GPG/PGP-Schlüssel zu. >--- >Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult >Free software and Linux embedded engineering info@xxxxxxxxx -- +49-151- >27565287 _______________________________________________ ibm-acpi-devel mailing list ibm-acpi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ibm-acpi-devel
