diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-i2c.c b/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-i2c.c index f08594b372cfc..1c2e40369839a 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-i2c.c +++ b/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-i2c.c @@ -224,6 +224,19 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id bmc150_accel_acpi_match[] = { {"BMA250E"}, {"BMC150A"}, {"BMI055A"}, + /* + * The "BOSC0200" identifier used here is not unique to devices using + * bmc150. The same "BOSC0200" identifier is found in the ACPI tables + * of the ASUS ROG ALLY and Ayaneo AIR Plus which both use a Bosch + * BMI323 chip. This creates a conflict with duplicate ACPI identifiers + * which multiple drivers want to use. Fortunately, when the bmc150 + * driver starts to load on the ASUS ROG ALLY, the chip ID check + * portion fails (correctly) because the chip IDs received (via i2c) + * are unique between bmc150 and bmi323 and a dmesg output similar to + * this: "bmc150_accel_i2c i2c-BOSC0200:00: Invalid chip 0" can be + * seen. This allows the bmi323 driver to take over for ASUS ROG ALLY, + * and other devices using the bmi323 chip. + */ {"BOSC0200"}, {"BSBA0150"}, {"DUAL250E"},