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

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Message-ID: <d86a489c-8895-43c2-9968-1c0c6972c828@infradead.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 13:32:04 -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



On 6/15/25 10:59 AM, Armin Wolf wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/wmi/devices/uniwill-wmi.rst b/Documentation/wmi/devices/uniwill-wmi.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..232fa8349611
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/wmi/devices/uniwill-wmi.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +
> +======================================
> +Uniwill WMI event driver (uniwill-wmi)
> +======================================
> +
> +Introduction
> +============
> +
> +Many notebooks manufactured by Uniwill (either directly or as ODM) provide an WMI-based

                                                                              a WMI-based

> +event interface for various platform events like hotkeys. This interface is used by the
> +``uniwill-wmi`` driver to react to hotkey presses.


-- 
~Randy