linux-kernel - WMI module autoloading (for hp-wmi, dell-wmi, tc1100-wmi)

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Date:	Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:53:44 +0100
From:	Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>
To:	Carlos Corbacho <carlos@...angeworlds.co.uk>
CC:	linux acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: WMI module autoloading (for hp-wmi, dell-wmi, tc1100-wmi)

Hi

I believe you had a patch to add support for auto-loading of wmi
modules.  But it stalled because it also added a userspace interface to
WMI in sysfs, which didn't fit very well.

So at the moment, only acer-wmi is autoloaded, because it has a DMI
autoload hack.  hp-wmi, dell-wmi, and tc1100-wmi are out of luck, even
though a second DMI hack was proposed for dell-wmi.

Would it be possible to add the auto-load support on it's own?  Is it
just a matter of someone taking the time to cherry-pick the auto-loading
bits from the original patch, and test the result?

Thanks
Alan
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