[SRU][O][PATCH 0/1] Dell Alienware sysytem reports errors of dell_wmi_sysman and dell_smbios in demsg

En-Wei Wu en-wei.wu at canonical.com
Thu Oct 17 13:19:16 UTC 2024


BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2084808

[Impact]
A Dell Alienware system reports some error messages in dmesg after booting up:
1. dell_wmi_sysman: Unable to run on non-Dell system
2. dell_smbios: Unable to run on non-Dell system

[Fix]
Applying the following patch from linux-next fixes the issue:
a561509b4187 platform/x86: dell-sysman: add support for alienware products

[Test Plan]
1. Boot to Ubuntu OS
2. Launch $ sudo dmesg
3. Check if the error messages are gone

[Where problems could occur]
May cause regression

Crag Wang (1):
  platform/x86: dell-sysman: add support for alienware products

 drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/sysman.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

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2.43.0




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