Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756119AbZD1WXA (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:23:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752941AbZD1WWs (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:22:48 -0400 Received: from ausc60pc101.us.dell.com ([143.166.85.206]:59787 "EHLO ausc60pc101.us.dell.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752027AbZD1WWs (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:22:48 -0400 X-Loopcount0: from 10.9.160.254 Message-ID: <49F781C1.4080001@dell.com> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:22:57 -0500 From: Mario Limonciello User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090409) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Garrett CC: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Temporarily add modalias for Dell DMI match on dell-wmi X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig75DED4E4088DD029FA3D90D0" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2259 Lines: 71 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig75DED4E4088DD029FA3D90D0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------070609030505050705090301" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070609030505050705090301 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi: Until the sysfs interface is ready, there is no way to automatically load dell-wmi. The equivalent module for Acer laptops, acer-wmi has a workaround in place to match on the DMI tables for the machine. This type of solution works on for Dell as well and gets the module loading when necessary. Patch is attached to prevent Exchange messing up line breaks. Regards --=20 Mario Limonciello *Dell | Linux Engineering* mario_limonciello@dell.com --------------070609030505050705090301 Content-Type: text/x-patch; name="dell-wmi-temporary-modalias.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline; filename="dell-wmi-temporary-modalias.patch" --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c~ 2009-04-28 17:12:01.000000000 -050= 0 +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c 2009-04-28 17:12:43.000000000 -0500= @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ =20 MODULE_ALIAS("wmi:"DELL_EVENT_GUID); =20 +/* Temporary workaround until the WMI sysfs interface goes in. + Borrowed from acer-wmi */ +MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Dell*:*:"); + struct key_entry { char type; /* See KE_* below */ u16 code; --------------070609030505050705090301-- --------------enig75DED4E4088DD029FA3D90D0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkn3gcIACgkQ2CrZjkA73YseDgCeKCKp38K94nvxtS0dZEtkNZhR Ym8An1r6KhpYbprQx/0ZF1Xwq4DLT4Ap =2/1t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig75DED4E4088DD029FA3D90D0-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/