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Commit 4255c30f authored by Mario Limonciello's avatar Mario Limonciello Committed by Darren Hart (VMware)
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platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: Disable userspace interface if missing hotfix



The Dell SMBIOS WMI interface will fail for some more complex calls unless
a WMI hotfix has been included.  Most platforms have this fix available in
a maintenance BIOS release.  In the case the driver is loaded on a
platform without this fix, disable the userspace interface.

A hotfix indicator is present in the dell-wmi-descriptor that represents
whether or not more complex calls will work properly.

"Simple" calls such as those used by dell-laptop and dell-wmi will continue
to work properly so dell-smbios-wmi should not be blocked from binding and
being used as the dell-smbios dispatcher.

Suggested-by: default avatarGirish Prakash <girish.prakash@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDarren Hart (VMware) <dvhart@infradead.org>
parent aaa40965
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