On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 02:22:09PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote: > Dear Greg, > > > Am 05.01.24 um 17:36 schrieb Hans de Goede: > > > On 12/24/23 23:07, Pali Rohár wrote: > > > On Sunday 24 December 2023 22:36:22 Hans de Goede wrote: > > > > Unfortunately the SMOxxxx ACPI device does not contain the i2c-address > > > > of the accelerometer. So a DMI product-name to address mapping table > > > > is used. > > > > > > > > At support to have the kernel probe for the i2c-address for models > > > > which are not on the list. > > > > > > > > The new probing code sits behind a new probe_i2c_addr module parameter, > > > > which is disabled by default because probing might be dangerous. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > I would really like to hear Dell opinion about this change, and if there > > > is really no way to get i2c address. Could you ask Dell people about it? > > > Always it is better to use official / vendor provided steps of hardware > > > detection, instead of inventing something new / own which would be there > > > for a long time... > > > > Unfortunately I no longer have any contacts inside Dell for > > this and given Dell's non response in the original thread > > which started this I'm not hopeful for help from Dell here. > > Unfortunately, since Mario Limonciello left Dell and works at AMD now, > despite adding Dell.Client.Kernel@xxxxxxxx to Cc: I never received a reply > from them. Do you have any contacts? I do not, sorry.
