Re: [PATCH] Repost: asus strict model checking

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Thomas,
Is it possible to use DMI interface for this kind of system identification?

Regards,
	Alex.

Thomas Renninger wrote:
> These are some minor patches I already posted...
> All are patched against 2.6.18-rc2.
> 
> Do only load asus acpi module when model is listed
> 
> Description: There are machines that have a device with HID: ATK0100
> (Asus) and a device with HID SNY5001 (Sony). Bad things happen if sony
> and asus driver are loaded there.
> 
> Reference: https://bugzilla.novell.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166920
> 
> Signed-off-by: Timo Hoenig <thoenig@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger<mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
>  drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c |   25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.18-rc2/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.18-rc2.orig/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c
> +++ linux-2.6.18-rc2/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c
> @@ -77,10 +77,14 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  
>  static uid_t asus_uid;
>  static gid_t asus_gid;
> +static int force;
>  module_param(asus_uid, uint, 0);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(asus_uid, "UID for entries in /proc/acpi/asus.\n");
>  module_param(asus_gid, uint, 0);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(asus_gid, "GID for entries in /proc/acpi/asus.\n");
> +module_param(force, int, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(force, "Force loading of the module even if the laptop"
> +		 "model is not listed.\n");
>  
>  /* For each model, all features implemented, 
>   * those marked with R are relative to HOTK, A for absolute */
> @@ -1171,11 +1175,22 @@ static int asus_hotk_get_info(void)
>  			printk(KERN_NOTICE
>  			       "  Samsung P30 detected, supported\n");
>  		} else {
> -			hotk->model = M2E;
> -			printk(KERN_NOTICE "  unsupported model %s, trying "
> -			       "default values\n", string);
> -			printk(KERN_NOTICE
> -			       "  send /proc/acpi/dsdt to the developers\n");
> +			if (force){
> +				hotk->model = M2E;
> +				printk(KERN_NOTICE "  unsupported model"
> +				       "%s, trying default values\n",
> +				       string);
> +				printk(KERN_NOTICE
> +				       "  send /proc/acpi/dsdt"
> +				       " to the developers\n");
> +			}
> +			else{
> +				printk(KERN_NOTICE "  %s unsupported model %s,"
> +				       " aborting.\nForce loading with force=1"
> +				       " parameter\n",
> +				       ACPI_HOTK_NAME, string);
> +				return -ENODEV;
> +			}
>  		}
>  		hotk->methods = &model_conf[hotk->model];
>  		return AE_OK;
> 
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