On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:14:19 +0100 Eugene Shalygin <eugene.shalygin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 17:23, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > At some point, we have to face it: ASUS doesn't support Linux, and > > they make it hard to access chips like this. I think the chip > > should be accessed through "official" channels only if provided (ie > > WMI/ACPI), or not at all. > > My two cents, if you please. Unfortunately, ASUS doesn't support > Windows as well, they only support their own shitty software, and they > change the WMI methods (both names and logic). For example, just > recently they packed a full hardware monitoring solution in X470 > boards in WMI, then removed it in X570 and changed hardware access > function names. In order to add support for their next WMI > implementation, one needs to thoroughly read the decompiled DSDT code, > find functions, learn their logic and test. This is hard to do > remotely, without the hardware, obviously. On the other hand it is > much easier to find the required mutex name from the DSDT code and > access the chip normally. > > Best regards, > Eugene I will try to continue to support patch as part of https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204807. And If we will have some better solution or ideas, I will send updated patch. Thank you! Best regards, Denis.
