From: <Mario.Limonciello@dell.com>
To: <hch@lst.de>
Cc: <greg@kroah.com>, <dvhart@infradead.org>,
<andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org>, <luto@kernel.org>,
<quasisec@google.com>, <pali.rohar@gmail.com>,
<rjw@rjwysocki.net>, <mjg59@google.com>,
<gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v10 13/15] platform/x86: wmi: create userspace interface for drivers
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:31:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <67a7b88891674cb7ac94b46833b6b564@ausx13mpc120.AMER.DELL.COM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171020150850.GA4770@lst.de>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christoph Hellwig [mailto:hch@lst.de]
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 10:09 AM
> To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@Dell.com>
> Cc: hch@lst.de; greg@kroah.com; dvhart@infradead.org;
> andy.shevchenko@gmail.com; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; platform-driver-
> x86@vger.kernel.org; luto@kernel.org; quasisec@google.com;
> pali.rohar@gmail.com; rjw@rjwysocki.net; mjg59@google.com;
> gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 13/15] platform/x86: wmi: create userspace interface for
> drivers
>
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 03:07:27PM +0000, Mario.Limonciello@dell.com wrote:
> > No drivers do this today, it's obviously not a good idea.
> > I was just saying it's hypothetical.
>
> If there is no one using the exported methods don't export them.
This particular one is used by patch 14/15 in this series.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-20 15:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-19 17:50 [PATCH v10 00/15] Introduce support for Dell SMBIOS over WMI Mario Limonciello
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 01/15] platform/x86: wmi: Add new method wmidev_evaluate_method Mario Limonciello
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 02/15] platform/x86: dell-wmi: increase severity of some failures Mario Limonciello
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 03/15] platform/x86: dell-wmi: clean up wmi descriptor check Mario Limonciello
2017-10-19 17:55 ` Pali Rohár
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 04/15] platform/x86: dell-wmi: don't check length returned Mario Limonciello
2017-10-19 17:56 ` Pali Rohár
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 05/15] platform/x86: dell-wmi-descriptor: split WMI descriptor into it's own driver Mario Limonciello
2017-10-19 18:06 ` Pali Rohár
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 06/15] platform/x86: wmi: Don't allow drivers to get each other's GUIDs Mario Limonciello
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 07/15] platform/x86: dell-smbios: only run if proper oem string is detected Mario Limonciello
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 08/15] platform/x86: dell-smbios: Add a sysfs interface for SMBIOS tokens Mario Limonciello
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 09/15] platform/x86: dell-smbios: Introduce dispatcher for SMM calls Mario Limonciello
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 10/15] platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: Add new WMI dispatcher driver Mario Limonciello
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 11/15] platform/x86: dell-smbios-smm: test for WSMT Mario Limonciello
2017-10-19 18:09 ` Pali Rohár
2017-10-19 18:12 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-10-19 22:46 ` Darren Hart
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 12/15] platform/x86: dell-smbios: Add filtering support Mario Limonciello
2018-01-05 11:13 ` Pali Rohár
2018-01-05 14:32 ` Mario.Limonciello
2018-01-05 14:44 ` Pali Rohár
2018-01-05 14:48 ` Mario.Limonciello
2018-01-27 14:51 ` Pali Rohár
2018-01-29 16:22 ` Mario.Limonciello
2018-01-29 16:44 ` Pali Rohár
2018-01-05 14:44 ` Andy Shevchenko
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 13/15] platform/x86: wmi: create userspace interface for drivers Mario Limonciello
2017-10-20 13:21 ` Greg KH
2017-10-20 13:54 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-10-20 14:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-10-20 15:07 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-10-20 15:08 ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-10-20 15:31 ` Mario.Limonciello [this message]
2017-10-20 14:57 ` Greg KH
2017-10-20 13:22 ` Greg KH
2017-10-20 13:54 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-10-20 13:23 ` Greg KH
2017-10-20 14:15 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 14/15] platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: introduce userspace interface Mario Limonciello
2017-10-19 17:50 ` [PATCH v10 15/15] tools/wmi: add a sample for dell smbios communication over WMI Mario Limonciello
2017-11-09 9:52 ` [PATCH v10 00/15] Introduce support for Dell SMBIOS " Pavel Machek
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