linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/5] platform/x86: alienware-wmi-wmax: Drop redundant DMI entries

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Message-Id: <20251103-family-supp-v1-2-a241075d1787@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:01:45 -0500
From: Kurt Borja <kuurtb@...il.com>
To: Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>, 
 Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>, 
 Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, Dell.Client.Kernel@...l.com, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kurt Borja <kuurtb@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] platform/x86: alienware-wmi-wmax: Drop redundant DMI
 entries

The awcc_dmi_table[] uses DMI_MATCH() for every entry. This macro
supports partial matches, which makes the Alienware Area-51m R2 entry
redundant.

Signed-off-by: Kurt Borja <kuurtb@...il.com>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
index 53f476604269..b911921575ad 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
@@ -97,14 +97,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id awcc_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 		},
 		.driver_data = &generic_quirks,
 	},
-	{
-		.ident = "Alienware Area-51m R2",
-		.matches = {
-			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Alienware"),
-			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Alienware Area-51m R2"),
-		},
-		.driver_data = &generic_quirks,
-	},
 	{
 		.ident = "Alienware m15 R5",
 		.matches = {

-- 
2.51.2