Mario Limonciello
Mario Limonciello
Cc @srinivasgowda and @goperry
Cc @dell-client-linux
What is calling smbios-thermal-ctl on your machine?
Did you install this thing? https://github.com/jsalatas/plasma-pstate/ If so it definitely calls it. https://github.com/jsalatas/plasma-pstate/blob/c3bb44c0aebf57c72b33cccefd935b9d1d89ccba/gr.ictpro.jsalatas.plasma.pstate/contents/code/set_prefs.sh You should probably remove it and instead switch to thermald +dptfxtract.
> Yes, it was plasma-pstate. I uninstall this plasma widget. But I can reproduce the issue everytime I run > `sudo smbios-thermal-ctl -g ` Correct, the kernel locks down certain...
The tool still _works_ in the lockdown scenario right? I would think it should since it accesses over `/dev/wmi/dell-smbios` instead. If so, then I do think it's possible to remove...
Appreciate your debugging! For Dell platforms w/ SMBIOS 3.0 that field is actually already filled out as part of `SKU Number` field. In sysfs this is `/sys/class/dmi/id/product_sku`. I think the...
> When fwupd checks for SPI write protection status, is that something that can be toggled via kernel configuration? e.g., would CONFIG_SPI = n or CONFIG_SPI_SPIDEV = n enable SPI...
> Lets close this; I'm no longer building the libsmbios code in Fedora and nobody seems to have noticed. What about upstream changes for it too though?
IMO I think it's a pretty big attack surface to keep in place "dead" code that only gets enabled for some distros that decide they need it for `$reasons`. It's...