Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] Convert most Dell WMI drivers to use the new buffer-based API

Armin Wolf
2026-03-27T20:43:10Z

Am 17.03.26 um 21:22 schrieb Guenter Roeck:
> On 3/17/26 13:11, Armin Wolf wrote:
>> Am 17.03.26 um 16:52 schrieb Guenter Roeck:
>>
>>> On 3/14/26 10:52, Armin Wolf wrote:
>>>> The new buffer-based WMI API improves the compatibility between
>>>> different ACPI firmware implementations by performing marshalling/
>>>> unmarshalling of WMI buffers like the original Windows driver.
>>>>
>>>> Convert most Dell WMI drivers to use this new API. This also
>>>> removes all ACPI-related code from those drivers because the
>>>> new buffer-based WMI API uses abstract WMI buffer objects instead
>>>> of ACPI objects.
>>>>
>>>> All drivers have been tested on a Dell Inspiron 3505 and appear
>>>> to work normally.
>>>>
>>>> The last three patches contain some misc. cleanups for the WMI
>>>> driver core itself. The most important change is a fix for modprobe
>>>> to verify any WMI GUID strings from WMI drivers and convert them
>>>> to uppercase if necessary. This should fix autoloading for WMI
>>>> drivers that use WMI GUID strings with lowercase letters.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The series doesn't give hints to maintainers if the patches should be
>>> applied on a per-subsystem basis (i.e., are independent of each other)
>>> or if they need to be applied together. I Acked the hwmon patch,
>>> assuming
>>> that it will be applied through a common branch. If the patches are
>>> supposed to be applied in subsystem branches, please let me know.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Guenter
>>
>> I would prefer if the whole series was applied together on the
>> platform drivers tree.
>>
>
> Thanks for the clarification.
>
> Guenter
>

Is there still something to do for getting this series merged?

Thanks,
Armin Wolf