From 1598bfa8e1faa932de42e1ee7628a1c4c4263f0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jorge Lopez <jorge.lopez2@hp.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 10:55:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86: hp_wmi: Fix rfkill causing soft blocked wifi
Git-commit: 1598bfa8e1faa932de42e1ee7628a1c4c4263f0a
Patch-mainline: v6.1-rc5
References: git-fixes
After upgrading BIOS to U82 01.02.01 Rev.A, the console is flooded
strange char "^@" which printed out every second and makes login
nearly impossible. Also the below messages were shown both in console
and journal/dmesg every second:
usb 1-3: Device not responding to setup address.
usb 1-3: device not accepting address 4, error -71
usb 1-3: device descriptor read/all, error -71
usb usb1-port3: unable to enumerate USB device
Wifi is soft blocked by checking rfkill. When unblocked manually,
after few seconds it would be soft blocked again. So I was suspecting
something triggered rfkill to soft block wifi. At the end it was
fixed by removing hp_wmi module.
The root cause is the way hp-wmi driver handles command 1B on
post-2009 BIOS. In pre-2009 BIOS, command 1Bh return 0x4 to indicate
that BIOS no longer controls the power for the wireless devices.
Signed-off-by: Jorge Lopez <jorge.lopez2@hp.com>
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216468
Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221028155527.7724-1-jorge.lopez2@hp.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
---
drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
@@ -984,8 +984,16 @@ static int __init hp_wmi_bios_setup(stru
wwan_rfkill = NULL;
rfkill2_count = 0;
- if (hp_wmi_rfkill_setup(device))
- hp_wmi_rfkill2_setup(device);
+ /*
+ * In pre-2009 BIOS, command 1Bh return 0x4 to indicate that
+ * BIOS no longer controls the power for the wireless
+ * devices. All features supported by this command will no
+ * longer be supported.
+ */
+ if (!hp_wmi_bios_2009_later()) {
+ if (hp_wmi_rfkill_setup(device))
+ hp_wmi_rfkill2_setup(device);
+ }
thermal_profile_setup();