[Precise SRU] [PATCH] thinkpad-acpi: recognize Lenovo as version string in newer V-series BIOS
manoj.iyer at canonical.com
manoj.iyer at canonical.com
Tue May 22 15:05:59 UTC 2012
From: Manoj Iyer <manoj.iyer at canonical.com>
Please consider the following patch for precise.
The following changes since commit d22ea4b6a1c5a67498f943bd748c78bca2b7aabd:
thinkpad-acpi: recognize Lenovo as version string in newer V-series BIOS (2012-05-22 09:36:55 -0500)
are available in the git repository at:
git://kernel.ubuntu.com/manjo/ubuntu-precise.git lp1002920
for you to fetch changes up to d22ea4b6a1c5a67498f943bd748c78bca2b7aabd:
thinkpad-acpi: recognize Lenovo as version string in newer V-series BIOS (2012-05-22 09:36:55 -0500)
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SRU JUSTIFICATION
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EFFECT
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Hotkeys do not work because thinkpad_acpi module does not load.
FIX
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The newer V series bios reports product version as 'Lenovo' instead of 'ThinkPad'. Recoginze this new string so that the module can load.
TEST
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This fix was tested by James Ferguson, Dennis Chua and Ike Pan and reported to work.
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Manoj Iyer (1):
thinkpad-acpi: recognize Lenovo as version string in newer V-series
BIOS
drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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1.7.9.5
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