From nobody Sat Jul 25 03:47:58 2026 Received: from tbjjbihbhdcb.turbo-smtp.net (tbjjbihbhdcb.turbo-smtp.net [199.187.173.21]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37D8C3806D7 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:37:37 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=199.187.173.21 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1784482660; cv=none; b=hjNjpHDB0SBWiy7qwwoliqW/523iqi60DRF/vXt8QbXaKE5gOCemKpA5aJiKZMi4QK8dHIPq672YAjSoSUN/R6KZYlGvdKyDxaArXZrTukl9YvrVizRRaMsAZ/QiLrnEIOe2613wXA4jD9CVmj/m57ga5+n36AbqKWOgszS271I= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1784482660; c=relaxed/simple; bh=nJZwVCxqbkHts6zj0Ud6xkhvo2+8qpTec7hN7/2JIm8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=sAo/2JrO/kJLZwzJCSqs7cRmaGC8qONgfrfTmBD0XxxryNymrbD8png+J282bobHksB6lp50bmswNfy9ghuRSFI56Ux5m1+OydnIJnw1xqbnj2FxbMqYzsOJWV5QS20PnsKJEbRnFmjS9sQFPXXitKrFQQG50WpaSAaVi9rLUcY= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=yahyatoubali.me; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=yahyatoubali.me; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=yahyatoubali.me header.i=@yahyatoubali.me header.b=VrQTdR5Q; arc=none smtp.client-ip=199.187.173.21 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=yahyatoubali.me Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=yahyatoubali.me Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=yahyatoubali.me header.i=@yahyatoubali.me header.b="VrQTdR5Q" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahyatoubali.me; s=turbo-smtp; x=1785087458; h=Received: Received:From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To: References:MIME-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Feedback-Id; bh=XFKzPGmEJ3BPxQewhHFUIelVcZFAAKsxrifnQBu0zL8=; b=VrQTdR5QFmENy Tfivd6Fqcxq22t5Ibi1QyqkdgN6GguMA9ZlL4r/sJZQe8I8P6+iVhH5ng/MoJ8WV yuencM+6ORDh/wB/FE/5QBoNRiM7Vssxt7aeA+1dALw37vzgwNnYKGr0uf+qqIKB CJhS/w0kwjiFojPEynguYJ6UZCLAbM= Received: (qmail 4055511 invoked from network); 19 Jul 2026 17:37:31 -0000 Received: from 197.145.178.94 by turbo-smtp.com with SMTP; 19 Jul 2026 17:37:30 -0000 X-TurboSMTP-Tracking: 64-018cfb16-00001e6511786d82c004-004-32880ca5 From: Yahya Toubali To: corbet@lwn.net, mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, yahya@yahyatoubali.me Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: wmi: lenovo-wmi-other: Document intentional BIOS misspelling Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:37:10 +0100 Message-ID: <20260719173710.2367930-1-yahya@yahyatoubali.me> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 In-Reply-To: <87v7ab3p2p.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> References: <87v7ab3p2p.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Feedback-Id: 26016534 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" The spelling "Minumum" in the FanMinSpeed entry is intentionally kept as-is because it reflects the actual string returned by the system BIOS. Add an explanatory note to prevent future redundant spelling-fix submission= s. Suggested-by: Jonathan Corbet Signed-off-by: Yahya Toubali Thanks Mark and Jon for the context. That makes total sense. I dropped the housekeeping typo fix for now to avoid unnecessary churn, and this v4 keeps the BIOS spelling but adds the explicit note documenting the firmware quirk as suggested. --- Documentation/wmi/devices/lenovo-wmi-other.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/wmi/devices/lenovo-wmi-other.rst b/Documentation= /wmi/devices/lenovo-wmi-other.rst index 01d471156738..f6760f0a6260 100644 --- a/Documentation/wmi/devices/lenovo-wmi-other.rst +++ b/Documentation/wmi/devices/lenovo-wmi-other.rst @@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ WMI interface description The WMI interface description can be decoded from the embedded binary MOF = (bmof) data using the `bmfdec `_ utility: =20 +.. note:: + The misspelling of "Minumum" in the FanMinSpeed entry below is delibera= te + and reflects the actual string embedded within the system BIOS. + :: =20 [WMI, Dynamic, Provider("WmiProv"), Locale("MS\\0x409"), Description("LE= NOVO_OTHER_METHOD class"), guid("{dc2a8805-3a8c-41ba-a6f7-092e0089cd3b}")] --=20 2.55.0