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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 0/3] hwmon: (nct6775) Support lock by ACPI mutex
On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 17:23, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> 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

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