On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 21:18:06 +0100, Gergo Koteles wrote:
Hi Takashi,
On Sat, 2023-12-30 at 17:59 +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
Thanks, I guess I'll take this series later for 6.8 unless any objection is raised from reviewers.
But, I'd like to hear clarifications of some points beforehand:
- Did we get consensus about the ACPI HID? I didn't follow the previous thread completely.
The INT8866 is a (wrong) PNP ID, that should only be used by the owner "Interphase Corporation". Intel has also mistakenly used the INT PNP prefix in the past, and now TI/leNovo.
Yeah, and the question is whether TI / Lenovo recognize the problem and will avoid such a failure in future again.
Since those models have been already in the market for quite some time, we'd have to accept "INT8866", I'm afraid. But it's still very important to know whether a similar problem can be avoided in future.
- Will be the firmware files upstreamed to linux-firmware tree later? Otherwise users will have significant difficulties.
Shenghao sent the two files to linux-firmware@kernel.org a few days ago, but I think the "Allegedly GPLv2+ ... Found in hex form in kernel source." Licence needs to be fixed before acceptance.
OK, that sounds promising.
But even if it is not included in the linux-firmware package, it is easier for users to put two files in place per OS installation than patching the kernel.
Sure.
thanks,
Takashi