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

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Message-ID: <9c18d3d0-92ad-4b99-abe0-9e37e85767d8@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:50:01 +0100
From: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
To: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
 Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@...heas.dev>
Cc: 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

Am 10.11.25 um 18:14 schrieb Ilpo Järvinen:

> 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.
>
Thank you both for the quick reply :)

Thanks,
Armin Wolf