RE: [PATCH v11 14/15] platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: introduce userspace interface

2017-11-01 Thread Mario.Limonciello
> > +/* This structure may be modified by the firmware when we enter > > + * system management mode through SMM, hence the volatiles > > + */ > > +struct calling_interface_buffer { > > + __u16 class; > > Hey Mario, > > I just realized that there is a slight problem calling this identifier >

Re: [PATCH v11 14/15] platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: introduce userspace interface

2017-10-31 Thread Edward O'Callaghan
On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 4:40 AM, Mario Limonciello wrote: > It's important for the driver to provide a R/W ioctl to ensure that > two competing userspace processes don't race to provide or read each > others data. > > This userspace character device will be used to perform SMBIOS calls > from any

Re: [PATCH v11 14/15] platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: introduce userspace interface

2017-10-28 Thread Darren Hart
Hi Greg, Per our chat in Prague, I checked with Mario and there are no pending changes in the queue for this series. This, v11, is the one to review. On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 12:40:29PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote: > It's important for the driver to provide a R/W ioctl to ensure that > two comp

[PATCH v11 14/15] platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: introduce userspace interface

2017-10-20 Thread Mario Limonciello
It's important for the driver to provide a R/W ioctl to ensure that two competing userspace processes don't race to provide or read each others data. This userspace character device will be used to perform SMBIOS calls from any applications. It provides an ioctl that will allow passing the WMI ca