Re: [PATCH] ACPI: add a dummy ACPI RTC driver to handle BIOS AML's accesses to registers delcared in CMOS OperationRegion v2.

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On Monday, April 22, 2013 05:28:19 PM Alex Hung wrote:
> Hi,

Hi,

> I haven't seen any feedback for this patch, and it has not been in 
> 3.9-rc8 yet so I assumed this patch is not accepted.

Yes.  In fact, we're still unsure how to address this problem.

> I spent some time to implement the space handler in 
> acpi_rtc_space_handler, which I will re-submit shortly. It should be a 
> better solution than just skipping the CMOS accesses.

Thanks a lot for working on this!

Rafael



> On 01/28/2013 09:56 AM, Alex Hung wrote:
> > This is to fix acpica returns an error and terminate when BIOS ASL
> > tries to access ACPI's RTC CMOS registers as the below example:
> >
> > Device (RTC)
> > {
> > 	Name (_HID, EisaId ("PNP0B00"))
> > 	...
> > 	OperationRegion (CMS0, SystemCMOS, Zero, 0x40)
> > 	Field (CMS0, ByteAcc, NoLock, Preserve)
> > 	{
> > 		RTSE,   8,
> > 			Offset (0x02),
> > 		RTMN,   8,
> > 			Offset (0x04),
> > 		RTHR,   8,
> > 			Offset (0x06),
> > 		RTDY,   8,
> > 		RTDE,   8
> > 	}
> > }
> >
> > Method (_Q33, 0, NotSerialized)
> > {
> > 	Store (^^RTC.RTMN, Local0)
> > 	FromBCD (Local0, Local0)
> > 	Store (^^RTC.RTHR, Local1)
> > 	FromBCD (Local1, Local1)
> > 	Store (^^RTC.RTDY, Local2)
> > 	Store (^^RTC.RTSE, Local3)
> > 	...
> > }
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Hung <alex.hung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/acpi/Kconfig    |    9 +++
> >   drivers/acpi/Makefile   |    1 +
> >   drivers/acpi/acpi_rtc.c |  149 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >   3 files changed, 159 insertions(+)
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/acpi/acpi_rtc.c
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> > index 38c5078..fb90397 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> > @@ -181,6 +181,15 @@ config ACPI_DOCK
> >   	  This driver supports ACPI-controlled docking stations and removable
> >   	  drive bays such as the IBM Ultrabay and the Dell Module Bay.
> >
> > +config ACPI_RTC
> > +	tristate "RTC"
> > +	default m
> > +	help
> > +	  This driver supports an ACPI RTC device. It enables BIOS to read and
> > +	  to write ACPI RTC registers declared in an OperationRegion with
> > +	  RegionSpace as SYSTEMCMOS. This is required if BIOS needs to access
> > +	  RTC registers during run-time such as a number of HP laptops.
> > +
> >   config ACPI_I2C
> >   	def_tristate I2C
> >   	depends on I2C
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Makefile b/drivers/acpi/Makefile
> > index 2a4502b..383c62b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/Makefile
> > @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_EC_DEBUGFS)	+= ec_sys.o
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD)+= custom_method.o
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_BGRT)		+= bgrt.o
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_I2C)		+= acpi_i2c.o
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_RTC)          += acpi_rtc.o
> >
> >   # processor has its own "processor." module_param namespace
> >   processor-y			:= processor_driver.o processor_throttling.o
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_rtc.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_rtc.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..8d6b76b
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_rtc.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
> > +/*
> > + *  acpi_rtc - ACPI RTC Driver
> > + *
> > + *  Copyright (C) 2013 Alex Hung <alex.hung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > + *
> > + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > + *
> > + *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> > + *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> > + *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
> > + *  your option) any later version.
> > + *
> > + *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> > + *  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> > + *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> > + *  General Public License for more details.
> > + *
> > + *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
> > + *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
> > + *  59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
> > + *
> > + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > + */
> > +
> > +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> > +#include <linux/module.h>
> > +#include <linux/init.h>
> > +#include <linux/acpi.h>
> > +
> > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > +MODULE_ALIAS("acpi*:PNP0B00:*");
> > +MODULE_ALIAS("acpi*:PNP0B01:*");
> > +MODULE_ALIAS("acpi*:PNP0B02:*");
> > +
> > +static const struct acpi_device_id rtc_device_ids[] = {
> > +	{"PNP0B00", 0},
> > +	{"PNP0B01", 0},
> > +	{"PNP0B02", 0},
> > +	{"", 0},
> > +};
> > +
> > +static acpi_status acpi_acpi_handle_locate_callback(acpi_handle handle,
> > +			u32 level, void *context, void **return_value)
> > +{
> > +	struct acpi_device *dev = context;
> > +
> > +	dev->handle = handle;
> > +	*(acpi_handle *)return_value = handle;
> > +
> > +	return AE_CTRL_TERMINATE;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static acpi_status
> > +acpi_rtc_space_handler(u32 function, acpi_physical_address address,
> > +		      u32 bits, u64 *value64,
> > +		      void *handler_context, void *region_context)
> > +{
> > +	pr_warn("Accessing CMOS offset 0x%02llx is skipped.\n", address);
> > +
> > +	return AE_OK;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int rtc_install_handlers(struct acpi_device *rtc_dev)
> > +{
> > +	acpi_status status;
> > +	status = acpi_install_address_space_handler(rtc_dev->handle,
> > +						    ACPI_ADR_SPACE_CMOS,
> > +						    &acpi_rtc_space_handler,
> > +						    NULL, rtc_dev);
> > +	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
> > +		pr_info("Fail to install ACPI RTC handler\n");
> > +		return AE_ERROR;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int acpi_rtc_add(struct acpi_device *device)
> > +{
> > +	int ret;
> > +	int i;
> > +	acpi_status status;
> > +	acpi_handle rtc_dev = NULL;
> > +
> > +	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(rtc_device_ids) /
> > +			sizeof(struct acpi_device_id) - 1; i++) {
> > +		status = acpi_get_devices(rtc_device_ids[i].id,
> > +				  acpi_acpi_handle_locate_callback,
> > +				  &rtc_dev, &rtc_dev);
> > +		if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status) && rtc_dev)
> > +				break;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	if (!ACPI_SUCCESS(status) || !rtc_dev)
> > +		return AE_NOT_FOUND;
> > +
> > +	ret = rtc_install_handlers((struct acpi_device *) &rtc_dev);
> > +
> > +	return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int acpi_rtc_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type)
> > +{
> > +	acpi_status status;
> > +	status = acpi_remove_address_space_handler(device->handle,
> > +						   ACPI_ADR_SPACE_CMOS,
> > +						   &acpi_rtc_space_handler);
> > +	if (!ACPI_SUCCESS(status))
> > +		return AE_ERROR;
> > +
> > +	return AE_OK;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static struct acpi_driver acpi_rtc_driver = {
> > +	.name = "rtc",
> > +	.class = "ACPI_RTC_CLASS",
> > +	.ids = rtc_device_ids,
> > +	.ops = {
> > +		.add = acpi_rtc_add,
> > +		.remove = acpi_rtc_remove,
> > +		},
> > +};
> > +
> > +static int __init rtc_init(void)
> > +{
> > +	int err;
> > +
> > +	pr_info("Initializing ACPI RTC module\n");
> > +	err = acpi_bus_register_driver(&acpi_rtc_driver);
> > +	if (err) {
> > +		pr_err("Unable to register acpi driver.\n");
> > +		goto error_acpi_register;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +
> > +error_acpi_register:
> > +
> > +	return err;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void __exit rtc_exit(void)
> > +{
> > +	pr_info("Exiting ACPI RTC module\n");
> > +	acpi_bus_unregister_driver(&acpi_rtc_driver);
> > +}
> > +
> > +module_init(rtc_init);
> > +module_exit(rtc_exit);
> >
> 
-- 
I speak only for myself.
Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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