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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