Add a place for device-specific documentation of WMI drivers.
The first entry is documentation for the wmi-bmof driver, with
additional documentation being expected to follow.
Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
---
.../ABI/stable/sysfs-platform-wmi-bmof | 7 ++++++
Documentation/wmi/devices/index.rst | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
Documentation/wmi/devices/wmi-bmof.rst | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
Documentation/wmi/index.rst | 1 +
MAINTAINERS | 7 ++++++
5 files changed, 59 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-platform-wmi-bmof
create mode 100644 Documentation/wmi/devices/index.rst
create mode 100644 Documentation/wmi/devices/wmi-bmof.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-platform-wmi-bmof b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-platform-wmi-bmof
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a786504b6027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-platform-wmi-bmof
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+What: /sys/bus/wmi/devices/05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910[-X]/bmof
+Date: Jun 2017
+KernelVersion: 4.13
+Description:
+ Binary MOF metadata used to decribe the details of available ACPI WMI interfaces.
+
+ See Documentation/wmi/devices/wmi-bmof.rst for details.
diff --git a/Documentation/wmi/devices/index.rst b/Documentation/wmi/devices/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c08735a9d7df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/wmi/devices/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+=============================
+Driver-specific Documentation
+=============================
+
+This section provides information about various devices supported by
+the Linux kernel, their protocols and driver details.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+ :numbered:
+ :glob:
+
+ *
+
+.. only:: subproject and html
+
+ Indices
+ =======
+
+ * :ref:`genindex`
diff --git a/Documentation/wmi/devices/wmi-bmof.rst b/Documentation/wmi/devices/wmi-bmof.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b558fa46190c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/wmi/devices/wmi-bmof.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+==============================
+WMI embedded Binary MOF driver
+==============================
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+Many machines embed WMI Binary MOF metadata used to describe the details of their ACPI WMI interfaces.
+The data can be decoded with tools like `bmfdec <https://github.com/pali/bmfdec>`_ to obtain a
+human readable WMI interface description, which is useful for developing new WMI drivers.
+
+The Binary MOF data can be retrieved from the ``bmof`` sysfs attribute of the associated WMI device.
+Please note that multiple WMI devices containing Binary MOF data can exist on a given system.
+
+WMI interface
+=============
+
+The Binary MOF WMI device is identified by the WMI GUID ``05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910``.
+The Binary MOF can be obtained by doing a WMI data block query. The result is then returned as
+an ACPI buffer with a variable size.
diff --git a/Documentation/wmi/index.rst b/Documentation/wmi/index.rst
index b29933a86380..537cff188e14 100644
--- a/Documentation/wmi/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/wmi/index.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ WMI Subsystem
:maxdepth: 1
acpi-interface
+ devices/index
.. only:: subproject and html
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 979d37176429..4d5b1f6d77f6 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -22556,6 +22556,13 @@ L: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
S: Odd fixes
F: drivers/net/wireless/wl3501*
+WMI BINARY MOF DRIVER
+L: platform-drivers-x86@vger.kernel.org
+S: Orphan
+F: Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-platform-wmi-bmof
+F: Documentation/wmi/devices/wmi-bmof.rst
+F: drivers/platform/x86/wmi-bmof.c
+
WOLFSON MICROELECTRONICS DRIVERS
L: patches@opensource.cirrus.com
S: Supported
--
2.30.2
Hi, On 4/20/23 16:32, Armin Wolf wrote: > diff --git a/Documentation/wmi/devices/wmi-bmof.rst b/Documentation/wmi/devices/wmi-bmof.rst > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..b558fa46190c > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/wmi/devices/wmi-bmof.rst > @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ > +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only > + > +============================== > +WMI embedded Binary MOF driver > +============================== > + Please tell the reader what MOF means. It would be good in drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig also did that. > +Introduction > +============ > + > +Many machines embed WMI Binary MOF metadata used to describe the details of their ACPI WMI interfaces. > +The data can be decoded with tools like `bmfdec <https://github.com/pali/bmfdec>`_ to obtain a > +human readable WMI interface description, which is useful for developing new WMI drivers. > + > +The Binary MOF data can be retrieved from the ``bmof`` sysfs attribute of the associated WMI device. > +Please note that multiple WMI devices containing Binary MOF data can exist on a given system. > + > +WMI interface > +============= > + > +The Binary MOF WMI device is identified by the WMI GUID ``05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910``. > +The Binary MOF can be obtained by doing a WMI data block query. The result is then returned as > +an ACPI buffer with a variable size. -- ~Randy
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