Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: pmc_atom: Match all Beckhoff Automation baytrail boards with critclk_systems DMI table

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Apr 12 2021 - 07:23:40 EST


On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 2:07 PM linux-kernel-dev
<linux-kernel-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mo, 2021-04-12 at 13:54 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > CAUTION: External Email!!
> > On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 1:39 PM linux-kernel-dev
> > <linux-kernel-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Mo, 2021-04-12 at 12:43 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 12:29 PM Steffen Dirkwinkel
> > > > <linux-kernel-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...

> > > > I'm afraid it's a bit too much. Is there any guarantee all the boards
> > > > based on x86 will be Baytrail only?
> > > >
> > > Sorry, I guess I should make this clearer in the message.
> > > All boards with "CBxx63" are Baytrail.
> >
> > Exactly! And this supports my idea that this shouldn't be done like in
> > this patch.
> > Are you guaranteeing that *all x86-based* boards produced by your
> > company will be Baytrail only?
> > Above tells that the answer is rather "no". So, I think we can't apply
> > this patch in its current form.
>
> All boards with DMI_PRODUCT_FAMILY="CBxx63" are Baytrail boards. We do produce other x86 boards but the family
> is exclusive to Baytrail.
> I might be misunderstanding how the matching works. Does this match anything other than CBxx63?
>
> .matches = {
> DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Beckhoff Automation"),
> DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_FAMILY, "CBxx63"),
> },
>
> I can switch it to DMI_EXACT_MATCH but even substring matching works.

Sorry, I missed the second match line. Yes, looks correct to me now.

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko