The patch titled acerhdf: limit modalias matching to supported has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is acerhdf-limit-modalias-matching-to-supported.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: acerhdf: limit modalias matching to supported From: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c~acerhdf-limit-modalias-matching-to-supported drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c --- a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c~acerhdf-limit-modalias-matching-to-supported +++ a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c @@ -640,9 +640,10 @@ 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); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from stefan.bader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are acerhdf-limit-modalias-matching-to-supported.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html