linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] platform/x86: wmi: Check if WMxx control method exists

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Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 15:52:37 +0200
From: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
To: hdegoede@...hat.com, Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] platform/x86: wmi: Check if WMxx control method
 exists

On Tue, 06 Feb 2024 23:04:44 +0100, Armin Wolf wrote:

> Some devices like the MSI GF63-12VF contain WMI method blocks
> without providing the necessary WMxx ACPI control methods.
> Avoid creating WMI devices for such WMI method blocks since
> the resulting WMI device is going to be unusable.
> 
> 


Thank you for your contribution, it has been applied to my local
review-ilpo branch. Note it will show up in the public
platform-drivers-x86/review-ilpo branch only once I've pushed my
local branch there, which might take a while.

The list of commits applied:
[1/4] platform/x86: wmi: Check if WMxx control method exists
      commit: 7f1b998a9108f7fd465039323d5fc2599b8cae77
[2/4] platform/x86: wmi: Use FW_BUG when warning about missing control methods
      commit: d0c595a11785573aad3b9e32ae293c48757eceff
[3/4] platform/x86: wmi: Remove unnecessary out-of-memory message
      commit: 49c67cd5b6a4b611ac775de3831f5e739dd580f2
[4/4] platform/x86: wmi: Replace pr_err() with dev_err()
      commit: fde7da1072f3c0239a80b590e7b75c9411e8b630

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