Looks like they've broken the SMM method for XPS 9560 too in a recent firmware upgrade.
Have you thought about the possibility to fall back to i8k_get_temp() when the label
method fails, or when the user decides to explicitly enable it as an alternative with
a module option?
Looks like Dell decided to change the API so future firmwares will stop supporting
that method anyway, so I think action must be taken in the driver to address the problem.
Kind regards,
Michele.
On 2/7/19 12:40 PM, Pali Rohár wrote:
Do you have definite response from Dell support that they are not going
to fix it? Then it is pity :-(
On Thursday 07 February 2019 12:16:06 Michele Sorcinelli wrote:
As far as I know Dell won't help with fixing the SMM layer, they probably
changed something starting with firmware version 1.3.0 and they don't
wanna release information about it.
https://www.hwinfo.com/forum/Thread-Dell-XPS-15-9570-temperatures-not-named-anymore
I wonder if something can be done to force the discovery of the sensors in the driver,
maybe adding a module option to use i8k_get_temp() as probe method as a workaround,
or maybe just forcing that method for this specific model?
Let me know your thoughts.
Thanks,
Michele.
