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

Roxana Nicolescu roxana.nicolescu at canonical.com
Fri Oct 18 14:13:14 UTC 2024


On 17/10/2024 15:19, En-Wei Wu wrote:
> 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(+)
>
Applied to oracular:linux master-next branch. Thanks!



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