From: <Mario.Limonciello@dell.com>
To: <dvhart@infradead.org>
Cc: <a.bokovoy@gmail.com>, <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>,
<luto@kernel.org>, <pali.rohar@gmail.com>, <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
<len.brown@intel.com>, <corentin.chary@gmail.com>,
<andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: RFC: WMI Enhancements
Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 19:11:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2aa696fd37b24c2ca18fc9f30b664ab1@ausx13mpc120.AMER.DELL.COM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170508190900.GF17700@fury>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Hart [mailto:dvhart@infradead.org]
> Sent: Monday, May 8, 2017 2:09 PM
> To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@Dell.com>
> Cc: a.bokovoy@gmail.com; andy.shevchenko@gmail.com; luto@kernel.org;
> pali.rohar@gmail.com; rjw@rjwysocki.net; len.brown@intel.com;
> corentin.chary@gmail.com; andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com; linux-
> kernel@vger.kernel.org; platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org; linux-
> pm@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: RFC: WMI Enhancements
>
> On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 06:26:53PM +0000, Mario.Limonciello@dell.com wrote:
> > (Responding as plain text, your email probably got punted from the ML from
> being HTML)
> >
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what you are asking about. Samba does not deal with WMI at all.
> The state of affairs is
> > > explained at https://powershell.org/2015/04/24/management-information-
> the-omicimwmimidmtf-dictionary/
> > > -- old WMI (DCOM/RPC-based) is deprecated, new WMI based on WS-MAN is
> supported and OMI is the
> > > implementation. We used to have a very limited attemt at writing DCOM stack
> and nobody worked on
> > > it for years so it got removed.
> >
> > Thanks! That was a very interesting read.
> >
> > > Microsoft has already published a MOF parser as part of OMI work:
> https://github.com/Microsoft/omi/
> > > under MIT license.
> >
> > Unfortunately that's expecting text MOF, not this intermediary compiled format.
> >
>
> I presume which of these to use is the decision of the vendor?
No, MS documentation indicates to store binary MOF in the ACPI buffer.
>Is there a
> transition going on from BMOF to Text MOF? Or will both be part of products for
> the near term?
>
Binary MOF will be part of products unless MS or a standards group decides to
announce something new for OEM's to use in this space.
> I'm trying to understand if BMOF is a legacy thing now, or if it will continue
> to be used in new designs.
Should be continued to use in new designs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-05-08 19:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-12 23:08 RFC: WMI Enhancements Darren Hart
2017-04-13 7:32 ` Michał Kępień
2017-04-13 13:29 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-04-13 13:51 ` Pali Rohár
2017-04-13 15:34 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-04-13 15:40 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-04-13 16:06 ` Darren Hart
2017-04-13 15:40 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-04-18 7:36 ` Andy Shevchenko
2017-04-18 14:08 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-04-13 15:32 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-04-13 15:39 ` Pali Rohár
2017-04-13 15:44 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-04-13 16:09 ` Darren Hart
2017-04-13 15:55 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-04-13 15:57 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-04-13 16:54 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-04-13 17:06 ` Darren Hart
2017-04-13 17:39 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-04-13 17:44 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-04-13 17:49 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-04-18 7:54 ` Pali Rohár
2017-04-18 16:56 ` Darren Hart
2017-04-18 19:28 ` Pali Rohár
2017-04-13 17:02 ` Darren Hart
2017-04-13 17:32 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-04-13 17:45 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-04-13 16:08 ` Darren Hart
2017-04-13 7:33 ` Pali Rohár
2017-04-13 16:56 ` Darren Hart
2017-04-13 20:38 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-04-13 23:51 ` Darren Hart
2017-04-14 17:42 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-04-14 18:27 ` Darren Hart
2017-04-14 19:04 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-04-14 22:45 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2017-04-14 23:05 ` Darren Hart
2017-04-17 22:03 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-04-17 23:10 ` Darren Hart
2017-04-18 13:07 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2017-04-18 16:33 ` Darren Hart
2017-04-18 19:28 ` Pali Rohár
2017-04-18 22:49 ` Darren Hart
2017-04-19 7:52 ` Pali Rohár
2017-04-19 16:29 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-04-19 16:54 ` Pali Rohár
2017-04-19 17:24 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-04-20 13:14 ` Pali Rohár
2017-04-20 20:44 ` Darren Hart
2017-05-05 21:55 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-05-05 23:44 ` Darren Hart
2017-05-06 0:51 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-05-06 1:25 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-05-08 15:29 ` Darren Hart
2017-05-08 15:36 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-05-08 15:47 ` Darren Hart
2017-05-08 16:00 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-05-08 16:04 ` Andy Shevchenko
[not found] ` <CAOg5c--wkQgvsmhTynAKyG9iWaHjRWC5Z+MXzVJVw66vxSz4Zw@mail.gmail.com>
2017-05-08 18:26 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-05-08 19:09 ` Darren Hart
2017-05-08 19:11 ` Mario.Limonciello [this message]
2017-05-08 17:17 ` Pali Rohár
2017-05-08 19:21 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-05-08 20:59 ` Pali Rohár
2017-05-08 21:18 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-05-08 22:17 ` Pali Rohár
2017-05-09 1:10 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-05-09 7:29 ` Pali Rohár
2017-05-09 18:10 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-05-09 19:04 ` Andy Shevchenko
2017-05-09 19:16 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-05-09 19:26 ` Andy Shevchenko
2017-05-09 22:38 ` Pali Rohár
2017-05-09 19:19 ` Pali Rohár
2017-04-20 14:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-04-18 21:14 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
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