This patch allows for ibm-acpi to coexist (with diminished functionality) with other drivers like ACPI_BAY. ibm-acpi will simply disable the functions it is not able to register ACPI notifiers for. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@xxxxxxxxx> --- Len, you can pull this patch from: git://repo.or.cz/linux-2.6/linux-acpi-2.6/ibm-acpi-2.6.git branch for-upstream/acpi-release Please send it to Linus for merge in 2.6.21. It will clash with the patches in acpi-test that are waiting for 2.6.22. I will rediff those, and send you a pull request when this patch gets accepted in mainline. drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c index 3690136..f9f36f9 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c @@ -2507,7 +2507,7 @@ static int __init setup_notify(struct ibm_struct *ibm) ret = acpi_bus_get_device(*ibm->handle, &ibm->device); if (ret < 0) { printk(IBM_ERR "%s device not present\n", ibm->name); - return 0; + return -ENODEV; } acpi_driver_data(ibm->device) = ibm; @@ -2516,8 +2516,13 @@ static int __init setup_notify(struct ibm_struct *ibm) status = acpi_install_notify_handler(*ibm->handle, ibm->type, dispatch_notify, ibm); if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { - printk(IBM_ERR "acpi_install_notify_handler(%s) failed: %d\n", - ibm->name, status); + if (status == AE_ALREADY_EXISTS) { + printk(IBM_NOTICE "another device driver is already handling %s events\n", + ibm->name); + } else { + printk(IBM_ERR "acpi_install_notify_handler(%s) failed: %d\n", + ibm->name, status); + } return -ENODEV; } ibm->notify_installed = 1; @@ -2594,6 +2599,12 @@ static int __init ibm_init(struct ibm_struct *ibm) if (ibm->notify) { ret = setup_notify(ibm); + if (ret == -ENODEV) { + printk(IBM_NOTICE "disabling subdriver %s\n", + ibm->name); + ibm_exit(ibm); + return 0; + } if (ret < 0) return ret; } -- 1.5.0.3 -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html