Len, could you please apply the patch mentioned or help me to understand what I need to do, in order to correctly submit them? Thanks, Stefan Stefan Bader wrote: > Inlined patch version > > -Stefan > > From 230e81c3440cdfc5f931755cece4f1181a3b1374 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:11:29 +0000 > Subject: [PATCH] acerhdf: Limit modalias matching to supported boards > > BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/435958 > > The module alias currently matches any Acer computer but when loaded the > BIOS checks will only succeed on Aspire One models. This causes a invalid > BIOS warning for all other models (seen on Aspire 4810T). > This is not fatal but worries users that see this message. Limiting the > moule alias to models starting with AOA or DOA for Packard Bell. > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@xxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Peter Feuerer <peter@xxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c | 7 ++++--- > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c b/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c > index aa298d6..890976f 100644 > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c > @@ -629,9 +629,10 @@ static void __exit acerhdf_exit(void) > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > MODULE_AUTHOR("Peter Feuerer"); > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Aspire One temperature and fan driver"); > -MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Acer*:*:"); > -MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Gateway*:*:"); > -MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Packard Bell*:*:"); > +MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Acer*:pnAOA*:"); > +MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Gateway*:pnAOA*:"); > +MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Packard Bell*:pnAOA*:"); > +MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Packard Bell*:pnDOA*:"); > > module_init(acerhdf_init); > module_exit(acerhdf_exit); -- 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