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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 1/1] applesmc: Re-work SMC comms
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On 2020-11-11 14:06, Brad Campbell wrote:
> Commit fff2d0f701e6 ("hwmon: (applesmc) avoid overlong udelay()")
> introduced an issue whereby communication with the SMC became
> unreliable with write errors like :
>
> [ 120.378614] applesmc: send_byte(0x00, 0x0300) fail: 0x40
> [ 120.378621] applesmc: LKSB: write data fail
> [ 120.512782] applesmc: send_byte(0x00, 0x0300) fail: 0x40
> [ 120.512787] applesmc: LKSB: write data fail
>
> The original code appeared to be timing sensitive and was not reliable
> with the timing changes in the aforementioned commit.
>
> This patch re-factors the SMC communication to remove the timing
> dependencies and restore function with the changes previously
> committed. Logic changes based on inspection of the Apple SMC kext.
>
> Tested on : MacbookAir6,2 MacBookPro11,1 iMac12,2, MacBookAir1,1,
> MacBookAir3,1
>
> Fixes: fff2d0f701e6 ("hwmon: (applesmc) avoid overlong udelay()")
> Reported-by: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@kemnade.info>
> Tested-by: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@kemnade.info> # MacBookAir6,2
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Signed-off-by: Brad Campbell <brad@fnarfbargle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@bitmath.org>
>
> ---
> Changelog :
> v1 : Initial attempt
> v2 : Address logic and coding style
> v3 : Removed some debug hangover. Added tested-by. Modifications for MacBookAir1,1
> v4 : Re-factored logic based on Apple driver. Simplified wait_status loop
> v5 : Re-wrote status loop. Simplified busy check in send_byte(). Fixed formatting

Hi Brad,

This version is still working fine on the MBA1,1, at 50 reads per second.

Thanks,
Henrik

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