On 7/5/20 4:34 AM, Barnabás Pőcze wrote: [ ... ] >> >>> Furthermore, did it help answer the "who is going to maintain the driver after the initial submission" question of your previous email? >> >> A driver is not write-and-forget. It has to be maintained, preferably by someone >> with access to the hardware. Otherwise it is going to bit-rot. Do you plan to >> volunteer to do that ? >> > > I have no clue what that entails, but I am assuming: fixing bugs, accepting, reviewing patches for that driver, then forwarding them upstream, maybe also updating the code base according to the best practices at the moment from time to time, correct? > You would not have to forward patches upstream (I see them anyway), but correct for the rest. > I would certainly volunteer if it is needed. > That would be great. Something else that came to my mind: Did you examine the DSDT ? If the board vendor did the right thing, it should include an abstract means to read the fan data through ACPI. That would be much better than having to read it from the EC directly. Thanks, Guenter
