[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/2] acpi/video: Load the module even if ACPI is disabled

Rafael J. Wysocki rjw at rjwysocki.net
Wed Mar 4 06:39:27 PST 2015


On Wednesday, March 04, 2015 09:55:55 AM Aaron Lu wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 10:41:37AM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > 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 at programmer.net>
> > Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> > Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
> > Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com>
> > Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang at intel.com>
> > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw at rjwysocki.net>
> > Cc: Len Brown <lenb at kernel.org>
> > Cc: linux-acpi at vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> 
> For both patches:
> Acked-by: Aaron Lu <aaron.lu at intel.com>

Both applied, thanks!


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