Re: [PATCH 1/2] dell-wmi: Check if Dell WMI descriptor structure is valid

From: Pali RohÃr
Date: Mon Dec 28 2015 - 09:08:30 EST


On Monday 28 December 2015 14:37:07 MichaÅ KÄpieÅ wrote:
> > According to Dell WMI document mentioned in ML dicussion archived
> > at http://www.spinics.net/lists/platform-driver-x86/msg07220.html
> > OS should check Dell WMI descriptor structure.
>
> "Should" or "can"? I skimmed through the ACPI-WMI PDF and Mario's
> message again and I couldn't find any explicit statement urging the
> reader to check the structure in question before doing anything else.

That's questionable... In "Design flow" is first point that WMI
descriptor check.

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