[PATCH 3.12 172/175] ACPI / video: Load the module even if ACPI is disabled

[Jiri Slaby]

From: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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

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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: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/acpi/video.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video.c b/drivers/acpi/video.c
index 47e4deb9dfcd..ff5ec8ecc257 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c
@@ -1857,6 +1857,17 @@ 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())
-- 
2.3.0

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