Re: Regression on Dell XPS13 (was: [char-misc for 4.10-rc4 V2] mei: bus: enable OS version only for SPT and newer)

From: Darren Hart
Date: Tue Jan 17 2017 - 18:34:22 EST


On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 06:38:43PM +0000, Mario.Limonciello@xxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 12:24 PM
> > To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx;
> > linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx; jan@xxxxxxxxxx;
> > alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx; tomi.p.sarvela@xxxxxxxxx; daniel@xxxxxxxxx;
> > len.brown@xxxxxxxxx; linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Regression on Dell XPS13 (was: [char-misc for 4.10-rc4 V2] mei:
> > bus: enable OS version only for SPT and newer)
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 04:57:49PM +0000, Mario.Limonciello@xxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
> > > So in the <6s scenario, the intel-hid driver is responsible to receive
> > > the ACPI event and process accordingly. The maintainer has a patch
> > > ready for the intel-hid portion of this work, but it's currently being
> > > reviewed by Intel to ensure it can be legally submitted into the kernel.
> >
> > Who at Intel do I need to go kick to make this mythical legal review happen
> > faster so we can see the code?
> >
> > Len and Rafael, what is going on here?
> >
>
> Len and Darren are both in the loop on the discussion around this patch.
> I don't know if they'll have any (public) comments they can add on the matter
> yet however.

Thanks Mario. Yes, there isn't much to say here in public other than to confirm
we are keenly aware of the problem and have been actively working on fixing it,
both for this instance, and the deeper systematic failure that resulted in this
situation. No amount of kicking will expedite the process at this point, but
should we feel the need, we'll reach out.

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center