Hello Hans,

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Hans de Goede <hdego...@redhat.com>
>Sent: Monday, February 15, 2021 11:48 PM
>To: Nitin Joshi <nitjo...@gmail.com>
>Cc: ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; platform-driver-
>x...@vger.kernel.org; Nitin Joshi1 <njos...@lenovo.com>; Mark RH Pearson
><markpear...@lenovo.com>
>Subject: [External] Re: [PATCH 1/2] platorm/x86: thinkpad_acpi: sysfs
>interface to reduce wlan tx power
>
>Hi Nitin,
>
>On 2/12/21 6:58 AM, Nitin Joshi wrote:
>> Some newer Thinkpads have the WLAN antenna placed close to the WWAN
>> antenna. In these cases FCC certification requires that when WWAN is
>> active we reduce WLAN transmission power. A new Dynamic Power
>> Reduction Control (DPRC) method is available from the BIOS on these
>> platforms to reduce or restore WLAN Tx power.
>>
>> This patch provides a sysfs interface that userspace can use to adjust
>> the WLAN power appropriately.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Mark Pearson <markpear...@lenovo.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Nitin Joshi <njos...@lenovo.com>
>
>This patch as well as patch 2/2 generally look ok to me.
>
>The one thing which stands out is the:
>
>               *wlan_txreduce = -1;
>
>Resp:
>
>               *wwan_antennatype = -1;
>
>       default:
>               return sysfs_emit(buf, "unknown type\n");
>
>Bits, which Barnabás already pointed out.
>
>If you can prepare a v2 of this patch-set addressing all the review remarks
>which you have received so far then that would be great.
>
Thank you for your comment.
I have already prepared patch and will send patch soon.

>Regards,
>
>Hans
Thanks & Regards,
Nitin Joshi 

>
>
>
>
>> ---
>>  .../admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst     |  18 +++
>>  drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c          | 136 ++++++++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 154 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
>> b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
>> index 5fe1ade88c17..10410811b990 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
>> @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ detailed description):
>>      - UWB enable and disable
>>      - LCD Shadow (PrivacyGuard) enable and disable
>>      - Lap mode sensor
>> +    - WLAN transmission power control
>>
>>  A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
>> site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure @@
>> -1447,6 +1448,23 @@ they differ between desk and lap mode.
>>  The property is read-only. If the platform doesn't have support the
>> sysfs  class is not created.
>>
>> +WLAN transmission power control
>> +--------------------------------
>> +
>> +sysfs: wlan_tx_strength_reduce
>> +
>> +Some newer Thinkpads have the WLAN antenna placed close to the WWAN
>antenna.
>> +This interface will be used by userspace to reduce the WLAN Tx power
>> +strength when WWAN is active, as is required for FCC certification.
>> +
>> +The available commands are::
>> +
>> +        echo '0' >
>/sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/wlan_tx_strength_reduce
>> +        echo '1' >
>> + /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/wlan_tx_strength_reduce
>> +
>> +The first command restores the wlan transmission power and the latter
>> +one reduces wlan transmission power.
>> +
>>  EXPERIMENTAL: UWB
>>  -----------------
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
>> b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
>> index f3e8eca8d86d..6dbbd4a14264 100644
>> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
>> @@ -9983,6 +9983,138 @@ static struct ibm_struct proxsensor_driver_data
>= {
>>      .exit = proxsensor_exit,
>>  };
>>
>>
>+/***************************************************************
>*****
>> +*****
>> + * DPRC(Dynamic Power Reduction Control) subdriver, for the Lenovo
>> +WWAN
>> + * and WLAN feature.
>> + */
>> +#define DPRC_GET_WLAN_STATE             0x20000
>> +#define DPRC_SET_WLAN_POWER_REDUCE      0x00030010
>> +#define DPRC_SET_WLAN_POWER_FULL        0x00030100
>> +static int has_wlantxreduce;
>> +static int wlan_txreduce;
>> +
>> +static int dprc_command(int command, int *output) {
>> +    acpi_handle dprc_handle;
>> +
>> +    if (ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_get_handle(hkey_handle, "DPRC",
>&dprc_handle))) {
>> +            /* Platform doesn't support DPRC */
>> +            return -ENODEV;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    if (!acpi_evalf(dprc_handle, output, NULL, "dd", command))
>> +            return -EIO;
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * METHOD_ERR gets returned on devices where few commands are
>not supported
>> +     * for example WLAN power reduce command is not supported on
>some devices.
>> +     */
>> +    if (*output & METHOD_ERR)
>> +            return -ENODEV;
>> +
>> +    return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int get_wlan_state(int *has_wlantxreduce, int *wlan_txreduce)
>> +{
>> +    int output, err;
>> +
>> +    /* Get current WLAN Power Transmission state */
>> +    err = dprc_command(DPRC_GET_WLAN_STATE, &output);
>> +    if (err)
>> +            return err;
>> +
>> +    if (output & BIT(4))
>> +            *wlan_txreduce = 1;
>> +    else if (output & BIT(8))
>> +            *wlan_txreduce = 0;
>> +    else
>> +            *wlan_txreduce = -1;
>> +
>> +    *has_wlantxreduce = 1;
>> +    return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/* sysfs wlan entry */
>> +static ssize_t wlan_tx_strength_reduce_show(struct device *dev,
>> +                            struct device_attribute *attr,
>> +                            char *buf)
>> +{
>> +    int err;
>> +
>> +    err = get_wlan_state(&has_wlantxreduce, &wlan_txreduce);
>> +    if (err)
>> +            return err;
>> +
>> +    return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", wlan_txreduce); }
>> +
>> +static ssize_t wlan_tx_strength_reduce_store(struct device *dev,
>> +                            struct device_attribute *attr,
>> +                            const char *buf, size_t count)
>> +{
>> +    int output, err;
>> +    unsigned long t;
>> +
>> +    if (parse_strtoul(buf, 1, &t))
>> +            return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> +    tpacpi_disclose_usertask(attr->attr.name,
>> +                            "WLAN tx strength reduced %lu\n", t);
>> +
>> +    switch (t) {
>> +    case 0:
>> +            err = dprc_command(DPRC_SET_WLAN_POWER_FULL,
>&output);
>> +            break;
>> +    case 1:
>> +            err = dprc_command(DPRC_SET_WLAN_POWER_REDUCE,
>&output);
>> +            break;
>> +    default:
>> +            err = -EINVAL;
>> +            dev_err(&tpacpi_pdev->dev, "Unknown operating mode.
>Ignoring\n");
>> +            break;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    sysfs_notify(&tpacpi_pdev->dev.kobj, NULL,
>"wlan_tx_strength_reduce");
>> +    return count;
>> +}
>> +static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(wlan_tx_strength_reduce);
>> +
>> +static int tpacpi_dprc_init(struct ibm_init_struct *iibm) {
>> +    int wlantx_err, err;
>> +
>> +    wlantx_err = get_wlan_state(&has_wlantxreduce, &wlan_txreduce);
>> +    /*
>> +     * If support isn't available (ENODEV) for both devices then quit, but
>> +     * don't return an error.
>> +     */
>> +    if (wlantx_err == -ENODEV)
>> +            return 0;
>> +    /* Otherwise, if there was an error return it */
>> +    if (wlantx_err && (wlantx_err != -ENODEV))
>> +            return wlantx_err;
>> +
>> +    if (has_wlantxreduce) {
>> +            err = sysfs_create_file(&tpacpi_pdev->dev.kobj,
>> +                            &dev_attr_wlan_tx_strength_reduce.attr);
>> +            if (err)
>> +                    return err;
>> +    }
>> +    return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void dprc_exit(void)
>> +{
>> +    if (has_wlantxreduce)
>> +            sysfs_remove_file(&tpacpi_pdev->dev.kobj,
>> +&dev_attr_wlan_tx_strength_reduce.attr);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static struct ibm_struct dprc_driver_data = {
>> +    .name = "dprc",
>> +    .exit = dprc_exit,
>> +};
>> +
>>
>/****************************************************************
>************
>>
>*****************************************************************
>***********
>>   *
>> @@ -10475,6 +10607,10 @@ static struct ibm_init_struct ibms_init[]
>__initdata = {
>>              .init = tpacpi_proxsensor_init,
>>              .data = &proxsensor_driver_data,
>>      },
>> +    {
>> +            .init = tpacpi_dprc_init,
>> +            .data = &dprc_driver_data,
>> +    },
>>  };
>>
>>  static int __init set_ibm_param(const char *val, const struct
>> kernel_param *kp)
>>


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