Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] platform/wmi: Add aarch64 support

[Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>]

Am 02.09.26 um 11:27 schrieb Ilpo Järvinen:

> On Tue, 1 Sep 2026, Armin Wolf wrote:
>
>> Am 07.08.26 um 23:03 schrieb Armin Wolf:
>>
>>> Am 24.07.26 um 04:59 schrieb Armin Wolf:
>>>
>>>> The aarch64-laptops project found out that some Windows-on-Arm
>>>> notebooks contain WMI-ACPI mapping devices (PNP0C14) that work
>>>> exactly like on x86. Those devices however are currently not
>>>> supported by the WMI driver core due to only supporting x86.
>>>>
>>>> The first patch removes this restriction and allows the WMI
>>>> driver core to run on all architectures that support ACPI.
>>>> The second patch updates the acpi-video driver to take advantage
>>>> of the improved support for architectures other than x86, and
>>>> the last patch enables the generic WMI BMOF driver to support
>>>> aarch64 as well.
>>>>
>>>> All patches have been tested on a ACPI-based aarch64 VM and
>>>> work just fine.
>>> Any thoughts about this series from the GPU driver people?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Armin Wolf
>> Can i assume that the silence means "looks fine to me"?
> Hi,
>
> Those subjects may be too generic for the GPU people to realize we're
> waiting for their Acks.
>
> I suggest you send non-ML email (private) with a more descriptive subject
> to the relevant maintainers asking for them to take look at this series
> (I'd have done that myself later this week but you can do it as well).
> Such an email is more likely to be caught in their radar.

Good point, i will try this.

Thanks,
Armin Wolf

>>>> Armin Wolf (3):
>>>>     platform/wmi: Remove dependency on CONFIG_X86
>>>>     ACPI: video: Remove CONFIG_X86 handling from nvidia_wmi_ec_supported()
>>>>     platform/x86: wmi-bmof: Move to generic WMI code