[PATCH] docs: platform/x86: wmi: mention tool for invoking WMI methods

[PATCH] docs: platform/x86: wmi: mention tool for invoking WMI methods

[Hridesh MG]

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
 --------------------------
 
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Re: [PATCH] docs: platform/x86: wmi: mention tool for invoking WMI methods

[Armin Wolf]

Am 01.01.25 um 10:27 schrieb Hridesh MG:

> 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.

Nice find!

Reviewed-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>

>
> 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
>   --------------------------
>

Re: [PATCH] docs: platform/x86: wmi: mention tool for invoking WMI methods

[Ilpo Järvinen]

On Wed, 01 Jan 2025 14:57:29 +0530, Hridesh MG wrote:

> 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.
> 
> 


Thank you for your contribution, it has been applied to my local
review-ilpo-next branch. Note it will show up in the public
platform-drivers-x86/review-ilpo-next branch only once I've pushed my
local branch there, which might take a while.

The list of commits applied:
[1/1] docs: platform/x86: wmi: mention tool for invoking WMI methods
      commit: 0d64d0d7e18ae331e7d8009c15db702c1f4c53f2

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