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2017-09-20platform/x86: Add driver to force WMI Thunderbolt controller power statusMario Limonciello1-0/+11
Current implementations of Intel Thunderbolt controllers will go into a low power mode when not in use. Many machines containing these controllers also have a GPIO wired up that can force the controller awake. This is offered via a ACPI-WMI interface intended to be manipulated by a userspace utility. This mechanism is provided by Intel to OEMs to include in BIOS. It uses an industry wide GUID that is populated in a separate _WDG entry with no binary MOF. This interface allows software such as fwupd to wake up thunderbolt controllers to query the firmware version or flash new firmware. Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@dell.com> Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Yehezkel Bernat <yehezkel.bernat@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Darren Hart (VMware) <dvhart@infradead.org> [andy fixed merge conflicts and bump kernel version for ABI] Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>