[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
=====
Hotkeys do not work because thinkpad_acpi module does not load.

FIX
===
The newer V series bios reports product version as 'Lenovo' instead of 'ThinkPad'. Recoginze this new string so that the module can load.

TEST
====
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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