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MSI Linux Driver Aims For Parity To Windows App For The Claw Gaming Handhelds

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A recently posted patch series for the MSI WMI platform driver is aiming this open-source driver to reach parity with MSI's official Windows application/driver for the MSI Claw gaming handheld systems.

The patches for the MSI WMI platform driver add support for managing fan cuves, ACPI Platform Profiles, TDP power controls, and battery limiting for all of the MSI Claw gaming handhelds under Linux. These features are what bring that MSI Linux driver to parity with what MSI Claw customers can utilize under Microsoft Windows.

The MSI driver patches by Antheas Kapenekakis introduce a quirk system, PL1/PL2 support via dfirmware attributes, and various other changes too as part of enabling these msi-wmi-platform driver features.

"This draft patch series brings into parity the msi-wmi-platform driver with the MSI Center M Windows application for the MSI Claw (all models). Unfortunately, MSI Center M and this interface do not have a discovery API, necessitating the introduction of a quirk system."

There still are some outstanding items that need to be addressed but for those with an MSI Claw handheld system running Linux, you can learn more via [1]this patch series .



[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250511204427.327558-1-lkml@antheas.dev/


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New Crime Identified: "Tech Rage"

HARRISBURG, IL -- The police department in this Illinois town has coined a
new term for a growing trend in crime: "tech rage". Tech rage shares many
similarities with another modern crime, "road rage", but instead of
affecting drivers, tech rage is experienced by disgruntled computer users.

The first documented case of tech rage involves a Microsoft salesman, Bob
Glutzfield, who convinced the local TV station to "upgrade" its computer
systems from Macintosh to Wintel. While the migration seemed successful at
first, the Blue Screen became more prevalent during the following months.

Then, in January, the entire computer system crashed in the middle of the
weather forecast during the 10 o'clock evening news. Viewers could plainly
see the Blue Screen of Death showing in the monitors behind James Roland,
the chief meteorologist. The instability of Windows 98 stretched Roland's
patience until he snapped last week and succumbed to tech rage.

Roland tracked down the Microsoft salesman and followed him one evening to
his apartment. The weatherman yelled at the bewildered Microserf, "You
[expletive]! Because of you, I'm the [expletive] laughing stock of Southern
Illinois!" and then proceeded to beat him up. Roland is currently out on
bond pending trial next month.