[PATCH 3.14 91/96] ACPI / video: Load the module even if ACPI is disabled

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Mar 16 2015 - 10:24:18 EST


3.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 6e17cb12881ba8d5e456b89f072dc6b70048af36 upstream.

i915.ko depends upon the acpi/video.ko module and so refuses to load if
ACPI is disabled at runtime if for example the BIOS is broken beyond
repair. acpi/video provides an optional service for i915.ko and so we
should just allow the modules to load, but do no nothing in order to let
the machines boot correctly.

Reported-by: Bill Augur <bill-auger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@xxxxxxxxx>
[ rjw: Fixed up the new comment in acpi_video_init() ]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/acpi/video.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/acpi/video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c
@@ -2064,6 +2064,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_unregister);

static int __init acpi_video_init(void)
{
+ /*
+ * Let the module load even if ACPI is disabled (e.g. due to
+ * a broken BIOS) so that i915.ko can still be loaded on such
+ * old systems without an AcpiOpRegion.
+ *
+ * acpi_video_register() will report -ENODEV later as well due
+ * to acpi_disabled when i915.ko tries to register itself afterwards.
+ */
+ if (acpi_disabled)
+ return 0;
+
dmi_check_system(video_dmi_table);

if (intel_opregion_present())


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