From: Hridesh MG <hridesh699@gmail.com>
To: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Hridesh MG <hridesh699@gmail.com>,
platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Shuah Khan" <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] docs: platform/x86: wmi: mention tool for invoking WMI methods
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 14:57:29 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250101092730.87160-1-hridesh699@gmail.com> (raw)
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>
---
Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst b/Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst
index 676873c98680..f7e1089a0559 100644
--- a/Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst
+++ b/Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ helps in understanding how the WMI device is supposed to work. The path of the A
method associated with a given WMI device can be retrieved using the ``lswmi`` utility
as mentioned above.
+If you are attempting to port a driver to Linux and are working on a Windows
+system, `WMIExplorer <https://github.com/vinaypamnani/wmie2>`_ can be useful
+for inspecting available WMI methods and invoking them directly.
+
Basic WMI driver structure
--------------------------
--
2.47.1
next reply other threads:[~2025-01-01 9:27 UTC|newest]
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2025-01-01 9:27 Hridesh MG [this message]
2025-01-01 18:52 ` [PATCH] docs: platform/x86: wmi: mention tool for invoking WMI methods Armin Wolf
2025-01-07 18:36 ` Ilpo Järvinen
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