Unverified Commit 98e45f0d authored by Hridesh MG's avatar Hridesh MG Committed by Ilpo Järvinen
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docs: platform/x86: wmi: mention tool for invoking WMI methods 



Add a reference to WMIExplorer, a tool useful for inspecting and
invoking WMI methods on Windows. This can assist developers in testing
and understanding WMI device functionality when porting drivers to
Linux.

Signed-off-by: default avatarHridesh MG <hridesh699@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarArmin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250101092730.87160-1-hridesh699@gmail.com


Reviewed-by: default avatarIlpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarIlpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
parent cce179c6

Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst

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method associated with a given WMI device can be retrieved using the ``lswmi`` utility

as mentioned above.



If you are attempting to port a driver to Linux and are working on a Windows

system, `WMIExplorer <https://github.com/vinaypamnani/wmie2>`_ can be useful

for inspecting available WMI methods and invoking them directly.



Basic WMI driver structure

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