linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/16] platform/x86: wmi-mof: New driver to expose embedded WMI MOF metadata

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Message-ID: <20170530164627.GB118811@localhost.localdomain>
Date:   Tue, 30 May 2017 09:46:27 -0700
From:   Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@...l.com>,
        Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/16] platform/x86: wmi-mof: New driver to expose
 embedded WMI MOF metadata

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 06:24:54PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Sat, 2017-05-27 at 14:07 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 4:14 AM, Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > Quite a few laptops (and maybe servers?) have embedded WMI MOF
> > > 
> > > Not "a few", but "lots of" :-)
> 
> Aren't they are synonyms ("quite a few" vs "lots of")?

The difference is subtle enough that people we can probably get several
different answers, but generally yes. I'm happy to update it in any case.

-- 
Darren Hart
VMware Open Source Technology Center