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From: Pali =?utf-8?q?Roh=C3=A1r?= <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: WMI Enhancements
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:39:57 +0200
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On Thursday 13 April 2017 17:32:48 Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 12:32 AM, Micha=C5=82 K=C4=99pie=C5=84 <kernel@ke=
mpniu.pl>
> wrote:
> > What we still need, though, is an open source version of
> > wmiofck.exe.  I am unaware of anything like that existing and
> > installing the Windows Driver Kit just to run one command which
> > spits out a single *.h file is not something I would describe as
> > convenient (been there).
>=20
> I haven't tried to see whether they do what's needed, but there's
> OpenWBEM and OpenPegasus.
>=20
> Anyway, if such a tool exists, it would be handy to expose the binary
> MOF data to userspace so the tool could be used to help get WMI
> working on new platforms.

In this case, when WMI stay in kernel, MOF data could be exported via=20
debugfs? I think there is no need to have them in sysfs stable ABI. As=20
above usage (get WMI working on new platforms) looks like for debugging=20
purpose.

=2D-=20
Pali Roh=C3=A1r
pali.rohar@gmail.com

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