[PATCH][RESEND] acerhdf: Limit modalias matching to supported

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Mon Nov 23 11:18:41 UTC 2009


Resending the patch (yet again). Len, please? I cannot see a reason this
cannot be taken...

-Stefan

>From 230e81c3440cdfc5f931755cece4f1181a3b1374 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:11:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] acerhdf: Limit modalias matching to supported boards

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/435958

The module alias currently matches any Acer computer but when loaded the
BIOS checks will only succeed on Aspire One models. This causes a invalid
BIOS warning for all other models (seen on Aspire 4810T).
This is not fatal but worries users that see this message. Limiting the
moule alias to models starting with AOA or DOA for Packard Bell.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb at gmail.com>
Acked-by: Peter Feuerer <peter at piie.net>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c b/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
index aa298d6..890976f 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
@@ -629,9 +629,10 @@ static void __exit acerhdf_exit(void)
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Peter Feuerer");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Aspire One temperature and fan driver");
-MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Acer*:*:");
-MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Gateway*:*:");
-MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Packard Bell*:*:");
+MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Acer*:pnAOA*:");
+MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Gateway*:pnAOA*:");
+MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Packard Bell*:pnAOA*:");
+MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Packard Bell*:pnDOA*:");
 
 module_init(acerhdf_init);
 module_exit(acerhdf_exit);
-- 
1.6.3.3





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