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| author | Eugene Shalygin <eugene.shalygin@gmail.com> | 2022-04-27 16:29:59 +0200 |
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| committer | Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> | 2022-05-20 19:57:06 +0200 |
| commit | de8fbac5e59e239b00cdac611784b1bc1ff53d14 (patch) | |
| tree | 6dca26daa048189f2ad3b7a321d5ec539cbb27b9 /Documentation/hwmon | |
| parent | hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) introduce ec_board_info struct for board data (diff) | |
| download | linux-de8fbac5e59e239b00cdac611784b1bc1ff53d14.tar.xz linux-de8fbac5e59e239b00cdac611784b1bc1ff53d14.zip | |
hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) implement locking via the ACPI global lock
For some board models ASUS uses the global ACPI lock to guard access to
the hardware, so do we.
Signed-off-by: Eugene Shalygin <eugene.shalygin@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220427143001.1443605-3-eugene.shalygin@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/asus_ec_sensors.rst | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/asus_ec_sensors.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/asus_ec_sensors.rst index b3469851ab9a..36ca531d32dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/asus_ec_sensors.rst +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/asus_ec_sensors.rst @@ -53,3 +53,5 @@ Module Parameters the path is mostly identical for them). If ASUS changes this path in a future BIOS update, this parameter can be used to override the stored in the driver value until it gets updated. + A special string ":GLOBAL_LOCK" can be passed to use the ACPI + global lock instead of a dedicated mutex. |