linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] platform/x86: msi-wmi-platform: Fix autoloading

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Message-ID: <68328879-4052-2b0f-4cef-fe3fccd2c1c8@linux.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:14:38 +0200 (EET)
From: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
To: Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@...heas.dev>
cc: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>, Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>, 
    platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] platform/x86: msi-wmi-platform: Fix autoloading

On Mon, 10 Nov 2025, Antheas Kapenekakis wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 at 12:13, Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de> wrote:
> >
> > As already noted by Antheas Kapenekakis back in May, the
> > msi-wmi-platform driver fails to automatically load on MSI Claw
> > devices. Back then i suspected an issue with the device firmware,
> > however i just found out that i made a silly mistake when specifying
> > the GUID string of the driver, preventing the WMI driver core from
> > matching it to its WMI device.
> > Additionally i noticed that said GUID was copied from the Windows
> > driver samples, meaning that it might be shared across different
> > vendors. Because of this we have to prevent this driver from loading
> > on non-MSI devices.
> >
> > Compile-tested only.
> 
> Works great. Module loads normally without intervention from userspace.
> 
> I could not find an online reference for our discussion so I omit the close tag.
> 
> Replying to the cover applies to all patches if my understanding is correct.
> 
> Reported-by: Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@...heas.dev>
> Tested-by: Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@...heas.dev>

Thanks, I've added these tags to the commits.

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