Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (asus_wmi_sensors) Drop misleading BIOS upgrade advice

[Guenter Roeck]

On 10/14/26 16:33, Qian Xiao wrote:
> The Known Issues section suggests that upgrading to a BIOS with WMI
> method version two or greater should rectify the problem. However, the
> driver refuses to bind when the BIOS reports a version below two, so
> every system using the driver already meets that condition and the
> advice does not help.
>
> Remove the sentence. While at it, fix a typo in the preceding sentence.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hwmon/CAFGXJCm6ZWK0NsFhZ1_ycgYtTTT3nhqj9mose60t+Rrry1aPvw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Qian Xiao <heyheyco@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> For context, the fan issue has continued to be reported with the in-tree
> driver (which implies method version >= 2), e.g.:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/tunnvb/psa_if_youre_experiencing_weird_fan_behaviour_on/
> https://forums.unraid.net/topic/131340-semi-solved-611x612x-bug-system-fans-stopped-after-a-few-hours-asus-mainboard-linux-517-driver-asus-wmi-driver-issue/

Then maybe the advice should be changed to "upgrading to a more recent BIOS
version might help" instead of being dropped entirely.

Guenter


>   Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_sensors.rst | 4 +---
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_sensors.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_sensors.rst
> index 8f2096c..f6fa66f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_sensors.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/asus_wmi_sensors.rst
> @@ -72,7 +72,5 @@ Known Issues:
>      X470 Pro seems particularly bad for this. The more frequently the WMI
>      interface is polled the greater the potential for this to happen. Until you
>      have subjected your computer to an extended soak test while polling the
> -   sensors frequently, don't leave you computer unattended. Upgrading to new
> -   BIOS version with method version greater than or equal to two should
> -   rectify the issue.
> +   sensors frequently, don't leave your computer unattended.
>    * A few boards report 12v voltages to be ~10v.