aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorMatt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>2008-02-06 01:36:24 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2008-02-06 10:41:01 -0800
commit8f47f0b688bba7642dac4e979896e4692177670b (patch)
treecc1b12c71a289f3f729a15690385ee8325546d3d
parentf661197e0a95ec7305e1e790d95b72a74a1c4a0f (diff)
dcdbas: add DMI-based module autloading
DMI autoload dcdbas on all Dell systems. This looks for BIOS Vendor or System Vendor == Dell, so this should work for systems both Dell-branded and those Dell builds but brands for others. It causes udev to load the dcdbas module at startup, which is used by tools called by HAL for wireless control and backlight control, among other uses. Thanks to Kay Sievers for figuring out how to do this with a single alias. Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c b/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c
index 18cdcb3ae1c..1636806ec55 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c
@@ -658,4 +658,5 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESCRIPTION " (version " DRIVER_VERSION ")");
MODULE_VERSION(DRIVER_VERSION);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Dell Inc.");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-
+/* Any System or BIOS claiming to be by Dell */
+MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:[bs]vnD[Ee][Ll][Ll]*:*");