linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] platform/x86: wmi: Remove wmi_get_event

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Message-ID: <4a0f59a3-476b-baf0-d070-0e0ad3b09f81@linux.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:33:41 +0300 (EEST)
From: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
To: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
cc: james@...iv.tech, jlee@...e.com, corentin.chary@...il.com, luke@...nes.dev, 
    matan@...alib.org, coproscefalo@...il.com, 
    Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>, 
    "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, lenb@...nel.org, 
    platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, 
    linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] platform/x86: wmi: Remove wmi_get_event_data()

On Thu, 22 Aug 2024, Armin Wolf wrote:

> Since the WMI driver core now takes care of retrieving the
> WMI event data even for legacy WMI notify handlers, this
> function is no longer used.
> 
> Remove it to prevent WMI drivers from messing up the ACPI
> firmware on some machines.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>

Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>

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