Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] ALSA: hda: Disabled unused audio controller for Dell platforms with Switchable Graphics

From: Lukas Wunner
Date: Sat Apr 14 2018 - 07:17:36 EST


On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 12:49:50PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Saturday 14 April 2018 12:45:12 Lukas Wunner wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 10:15:41PM +0800, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
> > > Do you have any suggestion to check if it connects to the system via
> > > Thunderbolt?
> >
> > Just use pci_is_thunderbolt_attached(), introduced by 8531e283bee6,
> > like this:
> >
> > if (check_dell_switchable_gfx(pci) && !pci_is_thunderbolt_attached(pci))
>
> And what about PCI-e device attached to ExpressCard slot?

I don't know of a bullet-proof way to recognize those. In theory
one could check if the PCIe port above the GPU is a non-hotplug
root port, but I think there are machines with hotplug capable
root ports with GPUs below them that aren't actually removable.

However I think ExpressCard-attached GPUs were rare, much less ones
with integrated HDA controller, so in reality that's probably a
non-issue.

Thanks,

Lukas