Applied. On Thursday 15 March 2007 15:15, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > 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> > --- > > There was a minor problem in the first version of the patch, which I didn't > notice when backporting from acpi-test. This is a fixed version. Sorry > about this. > > 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. ok thanks Henrique, -Len > drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- > 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c > index 3690136..dc10966 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; > @@ -2553,6 +2558,8 @@ static int __init register_driver(struct ibm_struct *ibm) > return ret; > } > > +static void ibm_exit(struct ibm_struct *ibm); > + > static int __init ibm_init(struct ibm_struct *ibm) > { > int ret; > @@ -2594,6 +2601,12 @@ 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 > - 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