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

[Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>]

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