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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h | 1 |
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt index 20d5ec309cbd..1a42b77e2ece 100644 --- a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -716,3 +716,10 @@ to enable more than one output class, just add their values. There is also a kernel build option to enable more debugging information, which may be necessary to debug driver problems. + +Force loading of module +----------------------- + +If thinkpad-acpi refuses to detect your ThinkPad, you can try to specify +the module parameter force_load=1. Regardless of whether this works or +not, please contact ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net with a report. diff --git a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c index 56112684967b..cddf81bb2d97 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c +++ b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c @@ -2881,6 +2881,16 @@ static int __init probe_for_thinkpad(void) return -ENODEV; } + /* + * Risks a regression on very old machines, but reduces potential + * false positives a damn great deal + */ + if (!is_thinkpad) + is_thinkpad = dmi_name_in_vendors("IBM"); + + if (!is_thinkpad && !force_load) + return -ENODEV; + return 0; } @@ -2986,6 +2996,9 @@ module_param(experimental, int, 0); static u32 dbg_level; module_param_named(debug, dbg_level, uint, 0); +static int force_load; +module_param(force_load, int, 0); + #define IBM_PARAM(feature) \ module_param_call(feature, set_ibm_param, NULL, NULL, 0) diff --git a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h index 97467b71b727..20203981cb7a 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h +++ b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h @@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static char *next_cmd(char **cmds); /* Module */ static int experimental; static u32 dbg_level; +static int force_load; static char *ibm_thinkpad_ec_found; static char* check_dmi_for_ec(void); |