> -----Original Message----- > From: Darren Hart [mailto:dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, May 8, 2017 2:09 PM > To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: a.bokovoy@xxxxxxxxx; andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx; luto@xxxxxxxxxx; > pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx; rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; len.brown@xxxxxxxxx; > corentin.chary@xxxxxxxxx; andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: RFC: WMI Enhancements > > On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 06:26:53PM +0000, Mario.Limonciello@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > (Responding as plain text, your email probably got punted from the ML from > being HTML) > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > I'm not sure what you are asking about. Samba does not deal with WMI at all. > The state of affairs is > > > explained at https://powershell.org/2015/04/24/management-information- > the-omicimwmimidmtf-dictionary/ > > > -- old WMI (DCOM/RPC-based) is deprecated, new WMI based on WS-MAN is > supported and OMI is the > > > implementation. We used to have a very limited attemt at writing DCOM stack > and nobody worked on > > > it for years so it got removed. > > > > Thanks! That was a very interesting read. > > > > > Microsoft has already published a MOF parser as part of OMI work: > https://github.com/Microsoft/omi/ > > > under MIT license. > > > > Unfortunately that's expecting text MOF, not this intermediary compiled format. > > > > I presume which of these to use is the decision of the vendor? No, MS documentation indicates to store binary MOF in the ACPI buffer. >Is there a > transition going on from BMOF to Text MOF? Or will both be part of products for > the near term? > Binary MOF will be part of products unless MS or a standards group decides to announce something new for OEM's to use in this space. > I'm trying to understand if BMOF is a legacy thing now, or if it will continue > to be used in new designs. Should be continued to use in new designs.
