Add patches accepted for 2.6.30-rc4
[linux-2.6/linux-acpi-2.6/ibm-acpi-2.6.git] / releases / upstream / 2.6.30-rc4 / 0004-thinkpad-acpi-simplify-module-autoloading.patch
blob7212a54db5793b2eeb563acbb3b6c988801bbf13
1 From 922fe097b1e8f2f2f23dbed61cfe6e0316fecff1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
2 From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
3 Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:44:13 +0000
4 Subject: thinkpad-acpi: simplify module autoloading
6 Simplify the module autoloading a great deal, by keying to the HID for
7 the HKEY interface.
9 Only _really_ ancient IBM ThinkPad models like the 240, 240x and 570
10 lack the HKEY interface, and they're getting their own trimmed-down
11 driver one of these days.
13 Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
14 Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
15 ---
16 drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
17 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
19 diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
20 index 7a7cac2..caa774a 100644
21 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
22 +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
23 @@ -7861,6 +7861,15 @@ static int __init thinkpad_acpi_module_init(void)
24 MODULE_ALIAS(TPACPI_DRVR_SHORTNAME);
27 + * This will autoload the driver in almost every ThinkPad
28 + * in widespread use.
29 + *
30 + * Only _VERY_ old models, like the 240, 240x and 570 lack
31 + * the HKEY event interface.
32 + */
33 +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, ibm_htk_device_ids);
35 +/*
36 * DMI matching for module autoloading
38 * See http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/List_of_DMI_IDs
39 @@ -7872,16 +7881,10 @@ MODULE_ALIAS(TPACPI_DRVR_SHORTNAME);
40 #define IBM_BIOS_MODULE_ALIAS(__type) \
41 MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:bvnIBM:bvr" __type "ET??WW*")
43 -/* Non-ancient thinkpads */
44 -MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:bvnIBM:*:svnIBM:*:pvrThinkPad*:rvnIBM:*");
45 -MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:bvnLENOVO:*:svnLENOVO:*:pvrThinkPad*:rvnLENOVO:*");
47 /* Ancient thinkpad BIOSes have to be identified by
48 * BIOS type or model number, and there are far less
49 * BIOS types than model numbers... */
50 -IBM_BIOS_MODULE_ALIAS("I[BDHIMNOTWVYZ]");
51 -IBM_BIOS_MODULE_ALIAS("1[0368A-GIKM-PST]");
52 -IBM_BIOS_MODULE_ALIAS("K[UX-Z]");
53 +IBM_BIOS_MODULE_ALIAS("I[MU]"); /* 570, 570e */
55 MODULE_AUTHOR("Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>");
56 MODULE_AUTHOR("Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>");
57 --
58 1.6.2.3