This string was introduced because drivers for NVIDIA hardware
didn't handle HDMI properly. This was fixed by commit b516ea586d71 ("PCI:
Enable NVIDIA HDA controllers"). So vendors shouldn't be using this
string to modify ASL anymore.
Suggested-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/acpi/osi.c | 8 --------
1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osi.c b/drivers/acpi/osi.c
index c2f6b2f553d9..0d635eec87c4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/osi.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/osi.c
@@ -44,14 +44,6 @@ osi_setup_entries[OSI_STRING_ENTRIES_MAX] __initdata = {
{"Processor Device", true},
{"3.0 _SCP Extensions", true},
{"Processor Aggregator Device", true},
- /*
- * Linux-Lenovo-NV-HDMI-Audio is used by BIOS to power on NVidia's HDMI
- * audio device which is turned off for power-saving in Windows OS.
- * This power management feature observed on some Lenovo Thinkpad
- * systems which will not be able to output audio via HDMI without
- * a BIOS workaround.
- */
- {"Linux-Lenovo-NV-HDMI-Audio", true},
/*
* Linux-HPI-Hybrid-Graphics is used by BIOS to enable dGPU to
* output video directly to external monitors on HP Inc. mobile
--
2.34.1
