Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] platform/x86: wmi: Rework WMI device enabling

From: Ilpo Järvinen
Date: Mon Feb 24 2025 - 10:27:35 EST


On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 20:32:43 +0100, Armin Wolf wrote:

> This patch series reworks how WMI devices are enabled and disabled
> to improve the compatibility with various firmware implementations.
>
> The first three patches make sure that no WMI driver using the WMI bus
> infrastructure is using the deprecated GUID-based API to access the
> underlying WMI device.
>
> [...]


Thank you for your contribution, it has been applied to my local
review-ilpo-next branch. Note it will show up in the public
platform-drivers-x86/review-ilpo-next branch only once I've pushed my
local branch there, which might take a while.

The list of commits applied:
[1/8] hwmon: (hp-wmi-sensors) Use the WMI bus API when accessing sensors
commit: 27cc2914e495d314d19c7c1f74687bb28bc292e8
[2/8] platform/x86: think-lmi: Use ACPI object when extracting strings
commit: 82d3af6b30ac2c6031428dd506eab9fd416cb825
[3/8] platform/x86: think-lmi: Use WMI bus API when accessing BIOS settings
commit: 126a53a94a3fb3171d35f3c87820aafbafa08430
[4/8] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: Use wmi_instance_count()
commit: 0fcc3162e3fbe4ca9347b2f42313dbf077207bb1
[5/8] platform/x86: wmi: Use devres to disable the WMI device
commit: b6b566908cd75bd99eb0e4b396c89704588261b3
[6/8] platform/x86: wmi: Rework WCxx/WExx ACPI method handling
commit: 656f0961d126f5d1f0bcc62fa8bb7598d8f89207
[7/8] platform/x86: wmi: Call WCxx methods when setting data blocks
commit: 08c9f4029007325e0bbd4fdda05650b03e43f071
[8/8] platform/x86: wmi: Update documentation regarding the GUID-based API
commit: 8d5316c6c6633c18c4ebeb2dd038933549d404de

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