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

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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:31:15 +0100
From: Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@...heas.dev>
To: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
Cc: hansg@...nel.org, ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] platform/x86: msi-wmi-platform: Fix autoloading

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.

Can you add a closes with a link to that discussion and a reported by?

> 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.

I will try to test this in one to two days and will add a tested by.

Thanks,
Antheas

> Armin Wolf (2):
>   platform/x86: msi-wmi-platform: Only load on MSI devices
>   platform/x86: msi-wmi-platform: Fix typo in WMI GUID
>
>  .../wmi/driver-development-guide.rst          |  1 +
>  drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig                  |  1 +
>  drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi-platform.c       | 43 ++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.39.5
>
>