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| author | Hridesh MG <hridesh699@gmail.com> | 2025-01-01 14:57:29 +0530 |
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| committer | Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com> | 2025-01-09 13:38:39 +0200 |
| commit | 98e45f0d7b99ceac029913ce3a161154a8c4c4a7 (patch) | |
| tree | 715f4cf1743b29069fcddc205d8cdc277d9b7c53 /Documentation/wmi | |
| parent | cce179c655dad321882110d93210f389add9fd2f (diff) | |
docs: platform/x86: wmi: mention tool for invoking WMI methods
Add a reference to WMIExplorer, a tool useful for inspecting and
invoking WMI methods on Windows. This can assist developers in testing
and understanding WMI device functionality when porting drivers to
Linux.
Signed-off-by: Hridesh MG <hridesh699@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250101092730.87160-1-hridesh699@gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/wmi')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst b/Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst index 676873c98680..f7e1089a0559 100644 --- a/Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst +++ b/Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ helps in understanding how the WMI device is supposed to work. The path of the A method associated with a given WMI device can be retrieved using the ``lswmi`` utility as mentioned above. +If you are attempting to port a driver to Linux and are working on a Windows +system, `WMIExplorer <https://github.com/vinaypamnani/wmie2>`_ can be useful +for inspecting available WMI methods and invoking them directly. + Basic WMI driver structure -------------------------- |