Two Months After Being Merged, Intel In-Field Scan Marked "Broken" For Linux 5.19

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Two Months After Being Merged, Intel In-Field Scan Marked "Broken" For Linux 5.19

While there are many shiny new features coming in this next kernel version, the Linux 5.19 cycle hasn't been particularly smooth for Intel. In addition to now needing to deal with their GuC firmare breakage for Alder Lake P "ASAP", their brand new In-Field Scan (IFS) driver set to premiere in Linux 5.19 has been marked as "broken" after it was determined its exposed interface may need some alterations...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-IFS-Driver-Broken-Linux

[hotaru]

it's Intel. of course it's broken.

[lectrode]

it's Intel. of course it's broken.

ah yes, such informative, much wow. really shows that you read the article and definitely did not just read the headline. /s

it's been marked as "broken" to indicate that the userspace interface might not be completely cemented as currently proposed patches will expand functionality around the images that can be received by the interface (specifically, they don't want to be stuck using one particular filename, and the patches allow for other filenames to be used). there's nothing to suggest that it doesn't currently function the way that it's intended.

in this instance, this is more of a heads-up to developers wanting to start poking around with the new driver that the way they interface with it may change in the next kernel version.