From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>,
Linus <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: Trivial Kernel Patches <trivial@rustcorp.com.au>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Mihnea-Costin Grigore <mgc8@totalnet.ro>
Subject: [PATCH] DMI patch for broken Dell laptop
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:02:25 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020312100225.2415c8c6.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> (raw)
Hi Marcelo, Linus,
This adds DMI recognition for anohter broken Dell laptop BIOS (BIOS
version A12 on the Insiron 2500).
Patch against 2.4.19-pre2, but applies also to 2.5.6 (with offset).
Reported by Mihnea-Costin Grigore <mgc8@totalnet.ro>.
--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
diff -ruN 2.4.19-pre2/arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c 2.4.19-pre2-Dell/arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c
--- 2.4.19-pre2/arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c Wed Mar 6 16:13:35 2002
+++ 2.4.19-pre2-Dell/arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c Mon Mar 11 11:26:38 2002
@@ -452,6 +452,11 @@
MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VERSION, "A04"),
MATCH(DMI_BIOS_DATE, "08/24/2000"), NO_MATCH
} },
+ { broken_apm_power, "Dell Inspiron 2500", { /* Handle problems with APM on Inspiron 2500 */
+ MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR, "Phoenix Technologies LTD"),
+ MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VERSION, "A12"),
+ MATCH(DMI_BIOS_DATE, "02/04/2002"), NO_MATCH
+ } },
{ set_realmode_power_off, "Award Software v4.60 PGMA", { /* broken PM poweroff bios */
MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR, "Award Software International, Inc."),
MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VERSION, "4.60 PGMA"),
next reply other threads:[~2002-03-11 23:05 UTC|newest]
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2002-03-11 23:02 Stephen Rothwell [this message]
2002-03-12 20:09 ` Joseph Fannin
2002-03-12 22:34 ` Stephen Rothwell
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