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Platform Profile Support Coming For Newer Dell/Alienware Laptops With Linux 6.13

Select newer Dell/Alienware laptops with a 'WMAX' thermal interface will see ACPI Platform Profile support now exposed with the upcoming Linux 6.13 cycle.

Select newer Dell/Alienware laptops with a "WMAX" thermal interface will see ACPI Platform Profile support now exposed with the upcoming Linux 6.13 cycle. With a driver patch now queued within platform-drivers-x86.git's "for-next" branch, the Platform Profile support is added for the WMAX interface present on those Dell/Alienware laptops. With the Alienware Command Center not being available for Linux, the Platform Profile support on these laptops hasn't been available outside of Windows until now.

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