Re: [patch 1/11]avoid check _STA method

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On Wed 24. Sep - 10:51:05, Shaohua Li wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 18:57 +0800, Holger Macht wrote:
> > 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.
> So the patch breaks your X60? acpi_bus_get_device() returns 0 means the
> device is already in ACPI device tree, but it shouldn't as it's not
> present.

Do you have a model number of a system which needs this patch? If so,
maybe I could get my hands on one to do some more testing...maybe finding
another solution...

Regards,
	Holger
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