linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RFC: platform/x86: wmi: Fix check for method instance number

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Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:59:02 +0200
From:   Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:     Mario.Limonciello@...l.com, Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RFC: platform/x86: wmi: Fix check for method instance
 number

Mario, are you able to check if instance number passed to
wmi_evaluate_method in following dell WMI drivers is correct and should
be really 1?

I suspect that it should be zero, as instance number is indexed from
zero.

There is no comment in those dell WMI drivers why it is 1, nor what 1
means.

Ideally it needs to be checked in ACPI byte code, MOF file and WDG dump.

On Wednesday 14 June 2017 17:46:54 Pali Rohár wrote:
> Function wmi_evaluate_method:
...
>   alienware-wmi.c:
>   instance=1 /* no comment why, guid=A70591CE-A997-11DA-B012-B622A1EF5492 */
>   instance=1 /* no comment why, guid=A80593CE-A997-11DA-B012-B622A1EF5492 */
>   instance=1 /* no comment why, guid=A70591CE-A997-11DA-B012-B622A1EF5492 */
...
>   dell-wmi-led.c:
>   instance=1 /* no comment why, guid=F6E4FE6E-909D-47cb-8BAB-C9F6F2F8D396 */

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@...il.com