[PATCH] 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: Hridesh MG <redacted>
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 Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst b/Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst
index 676873c98680..f7e1089a0559 100644
--- a/Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst
+++ b/Documentation/wmi/driver-development-guide.rst

@@ -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
 --------------------------
 

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Am 01.01.25 um 10:27 schrieb Hridesh MG:

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.

Nice find!

Reviewed-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>

On Wed, 01 Jan 2025 14:57:29 +0530, Hridesh MG wrote:

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.

Thank you for your contribution, it has been applied to my local
review-ilpo-next branch. Note it will show up in the public
platform-drivers-x86/review-ilpo-next branch only once I've pushed my
local branch there, which might take a while.

The list of commits applied:
[1/1] docs: platform/x86: wmi: mention tool for invoking WMI methods
      commit: 0d64d0d7e18ae331e7d8009c15db702c1f4c53f2

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