linux-toradex.git/Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst, branch v6.14 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules docs: platform/x86: wmi: mention tool for invoking WMI methods 2025-01-09T11:38:39+00:00 Hridesh MG hridesh699@gmail.com 2025-01-01T09:27:29+00:00 98e45f0d7b99ceac029913ce3a161154a8c4c4a7 Add a reference to WMIExplorer, a tool useful for inspecting and invoking WMI methods on Windows. This can assist developers in testing and understanding WMI device functionality when porting drivers to Linux. Signed-off-by: Hridesh MG <hridesh699@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250101092730.87160-1-hridesh699@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com> 
Add a reference to WMIExplorer, a tool useful for inspecting and
invoking WMI methods on Windows. This can assist developers in testing
and understanding WMI device functionality when porting drivers to
Linux.

Signed-off-by: Hridesh MG <hridesh699@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250101092730.87160-1-hridesh699@gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
platform/x86: wmi: Implement proper shutdown handling 2024-10-09T09:04:48+00:00 Armin Wolf W_Armin@gmx.de 2024-10-05T21:38:25+00:00 d12586e1072d92070783c854819a0ca8c82c5439 When performing a system shutdown under Windows, all WMI clients are terminated. This means that the ACPI BIOS might expect all WMI devices to be disabled when shutting down. Emulate this behaviour by disabling all active WMI devices during shutdown. Also introduce a new WMI driver callback to allow WMI drivers to perform any device-specific actions before disabling the WMI device. Tested on a Dell Inspiron 3505. Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241005213825.701887-2-W_Armin@gmx.de Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com> 
When performing a system shutdown under Windows, all WMI clients are
terminated. This means that the ACPI BIOS might expect all WMI devices
to be disabled when shutting down.

Emulate this behaviour by disabling all active WMI devices during
shutdown. Also introduce a new WMI driver callback to allow WMI drivers
to perform any device-specific actions before disabling the WMI device.

Tested on a Dell Inspiron 3505.

Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241005213825.701887-2-W_Armin@gmx.de
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
platform/x86: wmi: Add driver development guide 2024-04-08T15:45:36+00:00 Armin Wolf W_Armin@gmx.de 2024-04-02T14:30:59+00:00 a582a43e0d2e0afb695cd22ce46554f4a3d8b7bc Since 2010, an LWN article covering WMI drivers exists: https://lwn.net/Articles/391230/ Since the introduction of the modern bus-based interface and other userspace tooling (bmfdec, lswmi, ...), this article is outdated and causes people to still submit new WMI drivers using the deprecated GUID-based interface. Fix this by adding a short guide on how to develop WMI drivers using the modern bus-based interface. Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240402143059.8456-4-W_Armin@gmx.de Reviewed-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> 
Since 2010, an LWN article covering WMI drivers exists:

	https://lwn.net/Articles/391230/

Since the introduction of the modern bus-based interface
and other userspace tooling (bmfdec, lswmi, ...), this
article is outdated and causes people to still submit new
WMI drivers using the deprecated GUID-based interface.
Fix this by adding a short guide on how to develop WMI drivers
using the modern bus-based interface.

Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240402143059.8456-4-W_Armin@gmx.de
Reviewed-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>