This string was introduced because drivers for NVIDIA hardware didn't handle HDMI properly. This was fixed by commit b516ea586d71 ("PCI: Enable NVIDIA HDA controllers"). So vendors shouldn't be using this string to modify ASL anymore. Suggested-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/osi.c | 8 -------- 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osi.c b/drivers/acpi/osi.c index c2f6b2f553d9..0d635eec87c4 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/osi.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/osi.c @@ -44,14 +44,6 @@ osi_setup_entries[OSI_STRING_ENTRIES_MAX] __initdata = { {"Processor Device", true}, {"3.0 _SCP Extensions", true}, {"Processor Aggregator Device", true}, - /* - * Linux-Lenovo-NV-HDMI-Audio is used by BIOS to power on NVidia's HDMI - * audio device which is turned off for power-saving in Windows OS. - * This power management feature observed on some Lenovo Thinkpad - * systems which will not be able to output audio via HDMI without - * a BIOS workaround. - */ - {"Linux-Lenovo-NV-HDMI-Audio", true}, /* * Linux-HPI-Hybrid-Graphics is used by BIOS to enable dGPU to * output video directly to external monitors on HP Inc. mobile -- 2.34.1