[Intrepid, Jaunty] SRU: hwmon: (abituguru3) Match partial DMI board name strings

[Tim Gardner]

Stefan Bader wrote:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298798
> 
> SRU justification:
> 
> Impact: There are a certain variation in the string provided by some mainbord
>         manufactures in the name they provide in the DMI information between
>         BIOS releases. The abituguru3 is a sensor driver that matched very
>         strictly to certain names and it was found this causes boards which
>         run well before, not to be detected after switching to DMI matching.
> Fix: backported patch from upstream which loosens the checking to match
>      partial strings instread of the long versions.
> 
> Testcase: Driver would not load with certain boards. Verified to be working
>           after applying the patch.
> 
> 

Applied to Jaunty -
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/linux/+bug/298798/comments/13

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