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docs: platform/x86: wmi: mention tool for invoking WMI methods
authorHridesh MG <hridesh699@gmail.com>
Wed, 1 Jan 2025 09:27:29 +0000 (14:57 +0530)
committerIlpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Thu, 9 Jan 2025 11:38:39 +0000 (13:38 +0200)
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: Hridesh MG <hridesh699@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250101092730.87160-1-hridesh699@gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst

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@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ helps in understanding how the WMI device is supposed to work. The path of the A
 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
 --------------------------