This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
thinkpad-acpi: recognize latest V-Series using DMI_BIOS_VENDOR
to the 3.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
thinkpad-acpi-recognize-latest-v-series-using-dmi_bios_vendor.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From a4f46bb9fa84642e356898ee44b670989622f8bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manoj Iyer <manoj.iyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 18:15:37 -0500
Subject: thinkpad-acpi: recognize latest V-Series using DMI_BIOS_VENDOR
From: Manoj Iyer <manoj.iyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit a4f46bb9fa84642e356898ee44b670989622f8bb upstream.
In the latest V-series bios DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION does not contain
the string Lenovo or Thinkpad, but is set to the model number, this
causes the thinkpad_acpi module to fail to load. Recognize laptop
as Lenovo using DMI_BIOS_VENDOR instead, which is set to Lenovo.
Test on V490u
=============
== After the patch ==
[ 1350.295757] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.24
[ 1350.295760] thinkpad_acpi: http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
[ 1350.295761] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS H7ET21WW (1.00 ), EC unknown
[ 1350.295763] thinkpad_acpi: Lenovo LENOVO, model LV5DXXX
[ 1350.296086] thinkpad_acpi: detected a 8-level brightness capable ThinkPad
[ 1350.296694] thinkpad_acpi: radio switch found; radios are enabled
[ 1350.296703] thinkpad_acpi: possible tablet mode switch found; ThinkPad in laptop mode
[ 1350.306466] thinkpad_acpi: rfkill switch tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: radio is unblocked
[ 1350.307082] Registered led device: tpacpi::thinklight
[ 1350.307215] Registered led device: tpacpi::power
[ 1350.307255] Registered led device: tpacpi::standby
[ 1350.307294] Registered led device: tpacpi::thinkvantage
[ 1350.308160] thinkpad_acpi: Standard ACPI backlight interface available, not loading native one
[ 1350.308333] thinkpad_acpi: Console audio control enabled, mode: monitor (read only)
[ 1350.312287] input: ThinkPad Extra Buttons as /devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/input/input14
== Before the patch ==
sudo modprobe thinkpad_acpi
FATAL: Error inserting thinkpad_acpi (/lib/modules/3.2.0-27-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.ko): No such device
Test on B485
=============
This patch was also test in a B485 where the thinkpad_acpi module does not
have any issues loading. But, I tested it to make sure this patch does not
break on already functioning models of Lenovo products.
[13486.746359] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.24
[13486.746364] thinkpad_acpi: http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
[13486.746368] thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS HJET15WW(1.01), EC unknown
[13486.746373] thinkpad_acpi: Lenovo Lenovo LB485, model 814TR01
[13486.747300] thinkpad_acpi: detected a 8-level brightness capable ThinkPad
[13486.752435] thinkpad_acpi: rfkill switch tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: radio is unblocked
[13486.752883] Registered led device: tpacpi::thinklight
[13486.752915] thinkpad_acpi: Standard ACPI backlight interface available, not loading native one
[13486.753216] thinkpad_acpi: Console audio control enabled, mode: monitor (read only)
[13486.757147] input: ThinkPad Extra Buttons as /devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/input/input15
Signed-off-by: Manoj Iyer <manoj.iyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuduo Sang <shuduo.sang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -8662,6 +8662,13 @@ static int __must_check __init get_think
tp->model_str = kstrdup(s, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!tp->model_str)
return -ENOMEM;
+ } else {
+ s = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR);
+ if (s && !(strnicmp(s, "Lenovo", 6))) {
+ tp->model_str = kstrdup(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!tp->model_str)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
}
s = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from manoj.iyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.4/thinkpad-acpi-recognize-latest-v-series-using-dmi_bios_vendor.patch
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