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diff --git a/drivers/platform/wmi/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/wmi/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..77fcbb18746b --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/platform/wmi/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later +# +# ACPI WMI Core +# + +menuconfig ACPI_WMI + tristate "ACPI-WMI support" + depends on ACPI && X86 + help + This option enables support for the ACPI-WMI driver core. + + The ACPI-WMI interface is a proprietary extension of ACPI allowing + the platform firmware to expose WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) + objects used for managing various aspects of the underlying system. + Mapping between ACPI control methods and WMI objects happens through + special mapper devices (PNP0C14) defined inside the ACPI tables. + + Enabling this option is necessary for building the vendor specific + ACPI-WMI client drivers for Acer, Dell an HP machines (among others). + + It is safe to enable this option even for machines that do not contain + any ACPI-WMI mapper devices at all. + +if ACPI_WMI + +config ACPI_WMI_LEGACY_DEVICE_NAMES + bool "Use legacy WMI device naming scheme" + help + Say Y here to force the WMI driver core to use the old WMI device naming + scheme when creating WMI devices. Doing so might be necessary for some + userspace applications but will cause the registration of WMI devices with + the same GUID to fail in some corner cases. + +endif # ACPI_WMI |