Hi: I've noticed that the dell-wmi module will load on systems even if WMI isn't supported. As this is dependent upon BIOS version, dell-wmi should return -ENODEV in these situations. Regards -- Mario Limonciello *Dell | Linux Engineering* mario_limonciello@xxxxxxxx
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c~ 2009-04-21 12:41:50.000000000 -0500 +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c 2009-04-21 12:30:35.000000000 -0500 @@ -255,8 +255,10 @@ return err; } - } else - printk(KERN_WARNING "dell-wmi: No known WMI GUID found\n"); + } else { + printk(KERN_ERR "dell-wmi: No known WMI GUID found\n"); + return -ENODEV; + } return 0; }
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