Re: [PATCH v1] platform/x86: wmi: Switch to use new generic UUID API

[Andy Lutomirski]

On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 7:15 AM, Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 2017-08-06 at 08:43 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 8:27 AM, Andy Shevchenko
>> <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 6:01 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>> > > > On Aug 2, 2017, at 9:28 AM, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@l
>> > > > inux.intel.com> wrote:
>
>> > > NAK.  guid_block is a firmware interface, so opaque kernel types
>> > > don't
>> > > belong in it.
>> >
>> > I f we leave this, what do you think about everything else?
>>
>> Assuming it works, it's fine with me.  I'd be happy to test.
>
> Just sent v2.
>
>> Keep in mind that this beast is a *little-endian* GUID abomination,
>> and I don't see generic conversion helpers.  Something might need to
>> be added.
>
> Do you mean something like char16_to_guid() / char16_to_uuid() ?

No, I mean something like uuid_le_to_guid().  There's an existing
helper uuid_le_to_bin() which, for all that the implementation and
signature is ridiculous, does the right thing.