[PATCH][Lucid][pre-stable] drm/i915: blacklist lid status: Sony VGN-BX196VP, Dell Inspiron 700m

[Tim Gardner]

Surbhi Palande wrote:
> This patch is a simple fix for the error "no connectors reported" seen by
> users with the Sony VGN-BX196VP and Dell Inspiron 700m laptops. This patch 
> has been posted upstream for review. It has been tested by two users who
> reported this bug on launchpad: bug 515246.
> 
> Please do consider merging it in Lucid.
> 
> The following changes since commit ff8c647d55b153564d55683b805ec0fc8ea3f1a1:
>   Andy Whitcroft (1):
>         UBUNTU: Start new release
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
>   git://kernel.ubuntu.com/surbhi/ubuntu-lucid.git lp515246-lid
> 
> Surbhi Palande (1):
>       drm/i915: blacklist lid status: Sony VGN-BX196VP, Dell Inspiron 700m
> 
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c |   13 +++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> From 8b66c175c967cb823ef3437745531e662b0b82d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Surbhi Palande <surbhi.palande at canonical.com>
> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:39:28 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] drm/i915: blacklist lid status: Sony VGN-BX196VP, Dell Inspiron 700m
> 
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515246
> 
> Sony VGN-BX196VP and Dell Inspiron 700m report lid status as closed
> when it is open. This leads to a "no connectors reported" error at startup.
> Blacklisting them to always return a connected status for the default
> lvds connector.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Surbhi Palande <surbhi.palande at canonical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c |   13 +++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
> index 33eed69..facafc1 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
> @@ -608,6 +608,19 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id bad_lid_status[] = {
>  			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Aspire one"),
>  		},
>  	},
> +	{
> +		.matches = {
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Sony Corporation"),
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "VGN-BX196VP"),
> +		},
> +	},
> +	{
> +		.matches = {
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc"),
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Inspiron 700m"),
> +		},
> +	},
> +
>  	{ }
>  };
>  

Its worth noting that this will likely be a stable update (eventually).

rtg
-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com