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Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:30:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.26] ([181.88.247.122]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d2e1a72fcca58-74880896402sm31992b3a.49.2025.06.11.14.30.44 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:30:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Kurt Borja Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:30:40 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Revert "platform/x86: alienware-wmi-wmax: Add G-Mode support to Alienware m16 R1" Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <20250611-m16-rev-v1-1-72d13bad03c9@gmail.com> X-B4-Tracking: v=1; b=H4sIAID1SWgC/6tWKk4tykwtVrJSqFYqSi3LLM7MzwNyDHUUlJIzE vPSU3UzU4B8JSMDI1MDM0ND3VxDM12gQl0LQwPLJAujlNRUYwMloOqCotS0zAqwSdGxtbUAMKP V4lkAAAA= X-Change-ID: 20250611-m16-rev-8109b82dee30 To: Hans de Goede , =?utf-8?q?Ilpo_J=C3=A4rvinen?= , Armin Wolf Cc: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, Dell.Client.Kernel@dell.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Cihan Ozakca , stable@vger.kernel.org, Kurt Borja X-Mailer: b4 0.14.2 X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=openpgp-sha256; l=1581; i=kuurtb@gmail.com; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=QY/+VOMB3hjC1vh3UgKqUkYoH3CgOEIg2LM7M9goxTg=; b=owGbwMvMwCUmluBs8WX+lTTG02pJDBmeX1tS5TbMX3dMcD7b0h3le21rSh/NPvSglsuovU+3f O3sn7/WdZSyMIhxMciKKbK0Jyz69igq763fgdD7MHNYmUCGMHBxCsBEbnox/BVPf/2oZcWrbdMu vuJ6NUHt6Ul/tyJuW4OzueILDs/S1ddh+B+7MMTkfmzab49lxVsNk9S4/Py+L2jcMek1Z7P0z5p 7GzgB X-Developer-Key: i=kuurtb@gmail.com; a=openpgp; fpr=54D3BE170AEF777983C3C63B57E3B6585920A69A This reverts commit 5ff79cabb23a2f14d2ed29e9596aec908905a0e6. Although the Alienware m16 R1 AMD model supports G-Mode, it actually has a lower power ceiling than plain "performance" profile, which results in lower performance. Reported-by: Cihan Ozakca Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.15.x Signed-off-by: Kurt Borja --- Hi all, Contrary to (my) intuition, imitating Windows behavior actually results in LOWER performance. I was having second thoughts about this revert because users will notice that "performance" not longer turns on the G-Mode key found in this laptop. Some users may think this is actually a regression, but IMO lower performance is worse. --- drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c b/drivers/platf= orm/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c index c42f9228b0b255fe962b735ac96486824e83945f..20ec122a9fe0571a1ecd2ccf630= 615564ab30481 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id awcc_dmi_table[] __in= itconst =3D { DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Alienware"), DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Alienware m16 R1 AMD"), }, - .driver_data =3D &g_series_quirks, + .driver_data =3D &generic_quirks, }, { .ident =3D "Alienware m16 R2", --- base-commit: 19272b37aa4f83ca52bdf9c16d5d81bdd1354494 change-id: 20250611-m16-rev-8109b82dee30 --=20 ~ Kurt