So if that is the chip it uses cm32181 module - which I indeed have compiled; modprobe cm32181 does not however net any change in behaviour:
modinfo cm32181
filename: /lib/modules/6.7.0-rc2+/kernel/drivers/iio/light/cm32181.ko
license: GPL
description: CM32181 ambient light sensor driver
author: Kevin Tsai <ktsai@capellamicro.com>
rhelversion: 9.99
alias: of:N*T*Ccapella,cm32181C*
alias: of:N*T*Ccapella,cm32181
alias: of:N*T*Ccapella,cm3218C*
alias: of:N*T*Ccapella,cm3218
alias: acpi*:CPLM3218:*
depends: industrialio
retpoline: Y
intree: Y
name: cm32181
vermagic: 6.7.0-rc2+ SMP preempt mod_unload
sig_id: PKCS#7
signer: Build time autogenerated kernel key
sig_key: 7A:E7:51:E6:BE:5F:E1:C5:54:22:20:3B:A2:94:54:C0:43:2B:ED:CF
sig_hashalgo: sha512
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If I manually unload the hid_sensor_als after modprobing the cm32181 I still get the same dmesg error I see on boot i.e:
[ 1872.851702] hid_sensor_als HID-SENSOR-200041.1.auto: failed to setup attributes
[ 1872.851711] hid_sensor_als: probe of HID-SENSOR-200041.1.auto failed with error -1