kernel/Documentation/driver-api/wmi.rst, branch linux-rolling-stable

platform/x86: wmi: Move WMI core code into a separate directory

2025-11-18T09:18:11Z

Move the WMI core code into a separate directory to prepare for future additions to the WMI driver. Also update the description of the Kconfig entry to better fit with the other subsystem Kconfig entries. Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251111131125.3379-5-W_Armin@gmx.de Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen

platform/x86: wmi: Update WMI driver API documentation

2024-10-06T10:48:52Z

The WMI driver core now passes the WMI event data to legacy notify handlers, so WMI devices sharing notification IDs are now being handled properly. Fixes: e04e2b760ddb ("platform/x86: wmi: Pass event data directly to legacy notify handlers") Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241005213825.701887-1-W_Armin@gmx.de Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede

platform/x86: wmi: Add documentation

2023-05-09T09:54:42Z

Add documentation for the WMI subsystem. The documentation describes both the ACPI WMI interface and the driver API for interacting with the WMI driver core. The information regarding the ACPI interface was retrieved from the Ubuntu kernel references and the Windows driver samples available on GitHub. The documentation is supposed to help driver developers writing WMI drivers, as many modern machines designed to run Windows provide an ACPI WMI interface. Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf Tested-by: Randy Dunlap Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230424222939.208137-4-W_Armin@gmx.de Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede