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Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en-GB X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:5Cd3fcTeNzTtnhEWXd3ujh0pCGXFbO+WsrminYhR551MmzqFdsv S2g4m3wVl+jRUJttSr+tSFNA9hSaHUE9PhJHuEgz5sS/Zzs+GZP6FlPnxljYaIc2jVgs4dw 82plMiP0tUWUxEo/1Gv44XGxOsCkb8qcY0czncgOdpAZm2JJ0jrlfzinYg+Ry/fW3VAbaWo NPwXz+BWLb+9CW1biZtrg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:a54uvmUy6Jk=:Rgae68qCY0jbTSqrtIAdr3 LB10MYPMZZl91ylSOkH1ufIikfEiKLCGHfMhdnKlXBhur2JEbLOpDVIpc0ZdHM42jU2tV2B0r Jc4inDibE+taQ4bu4nSagHN7P0Z1r6P6hyowW8t/aQRQWlj4KjV+8EnRD7xE898fDZtM+mfEP eV0HtbCiy/5cxfq3sI8dawjzhs92/2yjn0+OXf7eGMa8PLvi3hw0KTCSjwJxgRpARxnrjqEdF xPyj54n+x6SI2wjQxQ1btkJcyTS94/lv0n9l9FcGDgn8xZmlcljOLcf7IQ9ELFw1hJujxmvpJ t2QXwrbYimzOqtQJATQZcd4WVEioqB6fcesHN1CpOQ9G5bKCfUk6Me0Z1KYt9MRGo88m8Lmeq mX3hT0lUlyIY/KkUiLrFtHOQD+cORaWrbX66SM2lY6YWrtvctSdd0Czv40j52WUcjGPxmZ8ir J4aaBaww8k8eAgFVu8MHrVmiqIPVJFRiwKY+C/Qp9rPIjyZT8MXJ3OO5Gl78ZApPbJFTZ8J0K u/vfRFhZsaDTmHq4x7vYgS1D6oIxt32X9aW+dnhM7dhfBvHtnunpY4zqzHXEFi3+w8tpdgaq6 w5Cx/fwGMyomVLkiMpw0OzrQkPM2er5fRwb1bdNtuGh4AsBbVR7/McFhllkvmFaj0uwBGMx6J mISjTq+njoLMXx9XrxT+q9YKjANR46eyUnTm5fG+sZN8A/l3LSjEIqLbQDgDYG2stAWbevhcg gPk+5cHYuYsHXibrvJZrAEww4l/kfvk1/D//Cd605VDlAwi182VYlTFrmdGUVaUB2VC8pYqyA mMa7eIQxcoY8gP7ExgUS2X1/ESrhXZ6+b9otOoPBhiav9gF0SIY4CfNIZzBE3r0MzcNglSRHO EBuVDETYs7X6Fss3mLng== Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org I have seen this new option and wanted to test it on an R240 (OEM device)= =2E But it is not working. I did compile this as a module and it was loading fine. But actually it is not. This function call here returns 0: ret =3D init_bios_attr_set_interface(); But "wmi_priv.bios_attr_wdev" is not set! So loading the module is returning with exit code 0 (what is wrong!). Variable "ret" should be set to 1 in this case Also unloading the module will crash (I guess because the sys entries do not exists). I can send you an crashdump later on. Any ideas why it is not working at all?