Re: [PATCH] thinkpad-acpi: recognize latest V-Series usingDMI_BIOS_VENDOR

From: Manoj Iyer
Date: Fri Aug 03 2012 - 01:07:08 EST



Oops! This is embarrassing! my logic is flawed. Please ignore this patch, I will resend it

NACK


On Thu, 2 Aug 2012, manoj.iyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

From: Manoj Iyer <manoj.iyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

In the latest V-series bios DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION does not contain
the string Lenovo or Thinkpad, but is set to the model number, this
causes the thinkpad_acpi module to fail to load. Recognize laptop
as Lenovo using DMI_BIOS_VENDOR instead, which is set to Lenovo.

Signed-off-by: Manoj Iyer <manoj.iyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index e7f7328..eec0b65 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -8657,7 +8657,8 @@ static int __must_check __init get_thinkpad_model_data(
}
}

- s = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION);
+ s = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION) ?
+ dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR) : NULL;
if (s && !(strnicmp(s, "ThinkPad", 8) && strnicmp(s, "Lenovo", 6))) {
tp->model_str = kstrdup(s, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!tp->model_str)
--
1.7.9.5

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