Commit 3836b816 authored by Paul Gortmaker's avatar Paul Gortmaker Committed by Andy Shevchenko

platform/x86: acerhdf: clarify modinfo messages for BIOS override

Normally, a module parameter for a BIOS check override implies "pretend
you support this version" (and the user will enter their local version).

However, this driver uses the model/BIOS module parameters in a way that
is "pretend my system is the supported model XYZ with BIOS version ABC."
which is less common.

Since the help strings don't make such a distinction, one gets this
somewhat frustrating scenario, where the user sees the error, enters
*their* BIOS version and then gets the same error:

  root@gw:~# modprobe acerhdf
  acerhdf: Acer Aspire One Fan driver, v.0.7.0
  acerhdf: unknown (unsupported) BIOS version Gateway  /LT31   /v1.3307 , please report, aborting!
  modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'acerhdf': Invalid argument

  root@gw:~# modprobe acerhdf force_bios=v1.3307
  acerhdf: Acer Aspire One Fan driver, v.0.7.0
  acerhdf: forcing BIOS version: v1.3307
  acerhdf: unknown (unsupported) BIOS version Gateway  /LT31   /v1.3307 , please report, aborting!
  modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'acerhdf': Invalid argument

Clarify the module param help text to make it clear that the driver
expects a choice from existing supported models/versions.

Cc: Peter Feuerer <peter@piie.net>
Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarPeter Feuerer <peter@piie.net>
parent a8b60e48
......@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(fanoff, "Turn the fan off below this temperature");
module_param(verbose, uint, 0600);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(verbose, "Enable verbose dmesg output");
module_param_string(force_bios, force_bios, 16, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_bios, "Force BIOS version and omit BIOS check");
MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_bios, "Pretend system has this known supported BIOS version");
module_param_string(force_product, force_product, 16, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_product, "Force BIOS product and omit BIOS check");
MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_product, "Pretend system is this known supported model");
/*
* cmd_off: to switch the fan completely off and check if the fan is off
......
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