linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] platform/x86: Add Uniwill WMI driver

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Message-ID: <6e39ff76-b32b-4fc2-8747-ce6884524e41@infradead.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 11:46:42 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>, ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com,
 hdegoede@...hat.com, chumuzero@...il.com, corbet@....net, cs@...edo.de,
 wse@...edocomputers.com, ggo@...edocomputers.com
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] platform/x86: Add Uniwill WMI driver

Hi-

On 6/15/25 10:59 AM, Armin Wolf wrote:
> Add a new driver for handling WMI events on Uniwill laptops.
> The driver sadly cannot use the WMI GUID for autoloading since Uniwill
> just copied it from the Windows driver example.
> 
> The driver is reverse-engineered based on the following information:
> - https://github.com/pobrn/qc71_laptop
> - https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-drivers
> - various OEM software
> 
> Reported-by: cyear <chumuzero@...il.com>
> Closes: https://github.com/lm-sensors/lm-sensors/issues/508
> Closes: https://github.com/Wer-Wolf/uniwill-laptop/issues/3
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
> ---

> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..5f1ea3e9e72f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +#
> +# Uniwill X86 Platform Specific Drivers
> +#
> +
> +menuconfig X86_PLATFORM_DRIVERS_UNIWILL
> +	bool "Uniwill X86 Platform Specific Device Drivers"
> +	depends on X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES
> +	help
> +	  Say Y here to get to see options for device drivers for various

	  Say Y here to see options ...

> +	  Uniwill X86 platforms, including many OEM laptops originally
> +	  manufactured by Uniwill.
> +	  This option alone does not add any kernel code.
> +
> +	  If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.


-- 
~Randy