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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/misc')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h | 1 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c index 56112684967..cddf81bb2d9 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c +++ b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c @@ -2881,6 +2881,16 @@ static int __init probe_for_thinkpad(void) return -ENODEV; } + /* + * Risks a regression on very old machines, but reduces potential + * false positives a damn great deal + */ + if (!is_thinkpad) + is_thinkpad = dmi_name_in_vendors("IBM"); + + if (!is_thinkpad && !force_load) + return -ENODEV; + return 0; } @@ -2986,6 +2996,9 @@ module_param(experimental, int, 0); static u32 dbg_level; module_param_named(debug, dbg_level, uint, 0); +static int force_load; +module_param(force_load, int, 0); + #define IBM_PARAM(feature) \ module_param_call(feature, set_ibm_param, NULL, NULL, 0) diff --git a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h index 97467b71b72..20203981cb7 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h +++ b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.h @@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static char *next_cmd(char **cmds); /* Module */ static int experimental; static u32 dbg_level; +static int force_load; static char *ibm_thinkpad_ec_found; static char* check_dmi_for_ec(void); |