linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 01/17] platform/x86: wmi: Add new method wmidev_evaluate

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2017 20:41:17 +0200
From:   Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:     Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>
Cc:     dvhart@...radead.org, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, quasisec@...gle.com,
        rjw@...ysocki.net, mjg59@...gle.com, hch@....de,
        Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 01/17] platform/x86: wmi: Add new method
 wmidev_evaluate_method

On Tuesday 17 October 2017 13:21:45 Mario Limonciello wrote:
> Drivers properly using the wmibus can pass their wmi_device
> pointer rather than the GUID back to the WMI bus to evaluate
> the proper methods.
> 
> Any "new" drivers added that use the WMI bus should use this
> rather than the old wmi_evaluate_method that would take the
> GUID.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>
> Reviewed-by: Edward O'Callaghan <quasisec@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>

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