Re: [PATCH v2] power: supply: macsmc: Support macOS 27 SMC firmware
From: Janne Grunau <j@jannau.net>
Date: 2026-06-12 19:33:56
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 08:36:03PM +0200, Sasha Finkelstein wrote:
The SMC firmware included in macOS 27 changed the size of BCF0 key from 4 to 1 bytes. This key is used for indicating that battery state is critically low. Reviewed-by: Sven Peter <sven@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Finkelstein <k@chaosmail.tech>
I think
Fixes: 0ebf821cf6c7 ("power: supply: Add macsmc-power driver for Apple Silicon")
and "Cc: stable" could be justified. Timing is a little unfortunate with
v7.1 expected on sunday.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- Changes in v2: - Addressing review feedback - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260611-gate-power-v1-1-8a62721086c7@chaosmail.tech --- drivers/power/supply/macsmc-power.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/macsmc-power.c b/drivers/power/supply/macsmc-power.c index 33ca07460f3a..747315e372bc 100644 --- a/drivers/power/supply/macsmc-power.c +++ b/drivers/power/supply/macsmc-power.c@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct macsmc_power { bool has_ch0i; /* Force discharge (Older firmware) */ bool has_ch0c; /* Inhibit charge (Older firmware) */ bool has_chte; /* Inhibit charge (Modern firmware) */ + bool bcf0_1byte; /* Battery critical key is 1 byte (Modern firmware) */ u8 num_cells; int nominal_voltage_mv;@@ -273,6 +274,19 @@ static int macsmc_battery_get_date(const char *s, int *out) return 0; } +static int macsmc_battery_read_bcf0(struct macsmc_power *power, u32 *val) +{ + u8 tval = 0; + int ret; + + if (!power->bcf0_1byte) + return apple_smc_read_u32(power->smc, SMC_KEY(BCF0), val); + + ret = apple_smc_read_u8(power->smc, SMC_KEY(BCF0), &tval); + *val = tval; + return ret; +}
I think the following is slightly easier to read
{
if (power->bcf0_1byte) {
u8 tval = 0;
int ret = apple_smc_read_u8(power->smc, SMC_KEY(BCF0), &tval);
*val = tval;
return ret;
}
return apple_smc_read_u32(power->smc, SMC_KEY(BCF0), val);
}
Not worth a respin in itself but worthwhile if there's a v3 for the the
Fixes: tag.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
+ static int macsmc_battery_get_capacity_level(struct macsmc_power *power) { bool flag;@@ -280,7 +294,7 @@ static int macsmc_battery_get_capacity_level(struct macsmc_power *power) int ret; /* Check for emergency shutdown condition */ - if (apple_smc_read_u32(power->smc, SMC_KEY(BCF0), &val) >= 0 && val) + if (macsmc_battery_read_bcf0(power, &val) >= 0 && val) return POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY_LEVEL_CRITICAL; /* Check AC status for whether we could boot in this state */@@ -577,7 +591,7 @@ static void macsmc_power_critical_work(struct work_struct *wrk) * Check if SMC flagged the battery as empty. * We trigger a graceful shutdown to let the OS save data. */ - if (apple_smc_read_u32(power->smc, SMC_KEY(BCF0), &bcf0) == 0 && bcf0 != 0) { + if (macsmc_battery_read_bcf0(power, &bcf0) == 0 && bcf0 != 0) { power->orderly_shutdown_triggered = true; dev_crit(power->dev, "Battery critical (empty flag set). Triggering orderly shutdown.\n"); orderly_poweroff(true);@@ -616,6 +630,7 @@ static int macsmc_power_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) struct device *dev = &pdev->dev; struct apple_smc *smc = dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent); struct power_supply_config psy_cfg = {}; + struct apple_smc_key_info info; struct macsmc_power *power; bool has_battery = false; bool has_ac_adapter = false;@@ -714,6 +729,20 @@ static int macsmc_power_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (apple_smc_key_exists(smc, SMC_KEY(CH0I))) power->has_ch0i = true; + ret = apple_smc_get_key_info(power->smc, SMC_KEY(BCF0), &info); + if (ret) { + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to determine BCF0 key size\n"); + return ret; + } + if (info.size == 1) + power->bcf0_1byte = true; + else if (info.size == 4) + power->bcf0_1byte = false; + else { + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Unexpected BCF0 key size %d\n", info.size); + return -EIO; + } + /* Reset "Optimised Battery Charging" flags to default state */ if (power->has_chte) apple_smc_write_u32(smc, SMC_KEY(CHTE), 0);@@ -766,7 +795,7 @@ static int macsmc_power_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) power->nominal_voltage_mv = MACSMC_NOMINAL_CELL_VOLTAGE_MV * power->num_cells; /* Enable critical shutdown notifications by reading status once */ - apple_smc_read_u32(power->smc, SMC_KEY(BCF0), &val32); + macsmc_battery_read_bcf0(power, &val32); psy_cfg.drv_data = power; power->batt = devm_power_supply_register(dev, &power->batt_desc, &psy_cfg);---
Reviewed-by: Janne Grunau <j@jannau.net> thanks Janne