On Thu 28. Aug - 10:02:03, Shaohua Li wrote: > In some BIOSes, every _STA method call will send a notification again, > this cause freeze. And in some BIOSes, it appears _STA should be called > after _DCK. This tries to avoid calls _STA, and still keep the device > present check. > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10431 Finally found some time to test this... > > Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/acpi/dock.c | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > Index: linux/drivers/acpi/dock.c > =================================================================== > --- linux.orig/drivers/acpi/dock.c 2008-08-27 14:38:44.000000000 +0800 > +++ linux/drivers/acpi/dock.c 2008-08-28 09:33:02.000000000 +0800 > @@ -604,14 +604,17 @@ static int handle_eject_request(struct d > static void dock_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data) > { > struct dock_station *ds = data; > + struct acpi_device *tmp; > > switch (event) { > case ACPI_NOTIFY_BUS_CHECK: > - if (!dock_in_progress(ds) && dock_present(ds)) { > + if (!dock_in_progress(ds) && acpi_bus_get_device(ds->handle, On the Thinkpad X60, when booting undocked, the first time I dock, acpi_bus_get_device() returns 0, so hotplug is not performed properly. Second time (undock->dock), it works. However, dock_present(ds) would return 1, so on this system, it works without applying this patch. Regards, Holger > + &tmp)) { > begin_dock(ds); > dock(ds); > if (!dock_present(ds)) { > printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Unable to dock!\n"); > + complete_dock(ds); > break; > } > atomic_notifier_call_chain(&dock_notifier_list, > > -- 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