Use legacy WMI device naming scheme
configname: CONFIG_ACPI_WMI_LEGACY_DEVICE_NAMES
Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Device Drivers
└─>X86 Platform Specific Device Drivers
└─>Use legacy WMI device naming scheme
In linux kernel since version 6.17 (release Date: 2025-09-28)
Say Y here to force the WMI driver core to use the old WMI device naming
scheme when creating WMI devices. Doing so might be necessary for some
userspace applications but will cause the registration of WMI devices with
the same GUID to fail in some corner cases.
scheme when creating WMI devices. Doing so might be necessary for some
userspace applications but will cause the registration of WMI devices with
the same GUID to fail in some corner cases.