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Re: [PATCH 00/16] Convert WMI to a proper bus

From Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 00/16] Convert WMI to a proper bus
Date 2017-06-06 19:30 +0200
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On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 10:31:14PM -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
> From: "Darren Hart (VMware)" <dvhart@infradead.org>
> 
> This series is based on the original work of
> Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> [1]. I have made minor edits, and in
> one instance, squashed two patches in which the latter undid the former.
> 
> This series converts WMI [2] into a proper bus, adds some useful information via
> sysfs, and exposes the embedded MOF [3] binary. It converts dell-wmi to use the
> new WMI bus architecture.
> 
> This is the first part of an ongoing effort to enhance the WMI infrastructure
> within the kernel, and eventually expose WMI to userspace for the consumption of
> management utilities as it was intended.

I have incorporated all feedback, all of it minor, and with confirmation for
those modifications, have committed the series to the testing branch:

http://git.infradead.org/linux-platform-drivers-x86.git/shortlog/refs/heads/testing

We would appreciate any additional real-world testing anyone can offer.

-- 
Darren Hart
VMware Open Source Technology Center

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[PATCH 00/16] Convert WMI to a proper bus Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> - 2017-05-27 07:40 +0200
  [PATCH 11/16] platform/x86: wmi: Add a new interface to read block data Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> - 2017-05-27 07:40 +0200
  [PATCH 02/16] platform/x86: wmi: Pass the acpi_device through to parse_wdg Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> - 2017-05-27 07:40 +0200
  [PATCH 04/16] platform/x86: wmi: Track wmi devices per ACPI device Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> - 2017-05-27 07:40 +0200
  [PATCH 16/16] platform/x86: dell-wmi: Convert to the WMI bus infrastructure Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> - 2017-05-27 07:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 16/16] platform/x86: dell-wmi: Convert to the WMI bus infrastructure Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2017-05-27 13:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 16/16] platform/x86: dell-wmi: Convert to the WMI bus infrastructure Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2017-05-27 18:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 16/16] platform/x86: dell-wmi: Convert to the WMI bus infrastructure Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2017-05-27 18:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 16/16] platform/x86: dell-wmi: Convert to the WMI bus infrastructure Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2017-05-27 20:50 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 16/16] platform/x86: dell-wmi: Convert to the WMI bus  infrastructure Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2017-05-30 04:50 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 16/16] platform/x86: dell-wmi: Convert to the WMI bus  infrastructure Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> - 2017-06-06 05:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 00/16] Convert WMI to a proper bus "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2017-05-27 22:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 00/16] Convert WMI to a proper bus Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-05-27 22:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 00/16] Convert WMI to a proper bus Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> - 2017-06-06 19:30 +0200

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