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platform/wmi: Add helper functions for WMI string conversions
authorArmin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:41:10 +0000 (21:41 +0100)
committerIlpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:47:51 +0000 (15:47 +0200)
commitb990a06f7ec6dc3ceecd8015c3b421690f267122
treece0588a06555f46bfb73e3c809aa6797e54f58e1
parent29dfba69c3ddb7945cd772042c6a9ce770c1ba22
platform/wmi: Add helper functions for WMI string conversions

WMI strings are encoded using UTF16-LE characters, forcing WMI drivers
to manually convert them to/from standard UTF8 strings. Add a two
helper functions for those tasks.

Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260116204116.4030-4-W_Armin@gmx.de
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Documentation/driver-api/wmi.rst
drivers/platform/wmi/Kconfig
drivers/platform/wmi/Makefile
drivers/platform/wmi/string.c [new file with mode: 0644]
include/linux/wmi.h