Commit f11f999e authored by Seth Forshee's avatar Seth Forshee Committed by Matthew Garrett

toshiba_acpi: Refuse to load on machines with buggy INFO implementations

Several Satellite models have a buggy implementation of the INFO method
that causes ACPI exceptions when executed:

 ACPI Error: Result stack is empty! State=ffff88012d70f800 (20110413/dswstate-98)
 ACPI Exception: AE_AML_NO_RETURN_VALUE, Missing or null operand (20110413/dsutils-646)
 ACPI Exception: AE_AML_NO_RETURN_VALUE, While creating Arg 0 (20110413/dsutils-763)
 ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.VALZ.GETE] (Node ffff880131175eb0), AE_AML_NO_RETURN_VALUE (20110413/psparse-536)
 ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.VALZ.INFO] (Node ffff880131175ed8), AE_AML_NO_RETURN_VALUE (20110413/psparse-536)
 toshiba_acpi: ACPI INFO method execution failed
 toshiba_acpi: Failed to query hotkey event

All known machines with this implementation also have a WMI interface
with event GUID 59142400-C6A3-40FA-BADB-8A2652834100 which is not seen
on any other models. Refuse to load toshiba_acpi on machines with this
guid.
Signed-off-by: default avatarSeth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMatthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
parent af502837
......@@ -569,6 +569,7 @@ config TOPSTAR_LAPTOP
config ACPI_TOSHIBA
tristate "Toshiba Laptop Extras"
depends on ACPI
depends on ACPI_WMI
select LEDS_CLASS
select NEW_LEDS
depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
......
......@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_MENLOW) += intel_menlow.o
obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_WMI) += wmi.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MSI_WMI) += msi-wmi.o
obj-$(CONFIG_TOPSTAR_LAPTOP) += topstar-laptop.o
# toshiba_acpi must link after wmi to ensure that wmi devices are found
# before toshiba_acpi initializes
obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA) += toshiba_acpi.o
obj-$(CONFIG_TOSHIBA_BT_RFKILL) += toshiba_bluetooth.o
obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_SCU_IPC) += intel_scu_ipc.o
obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_SCU_IPC_UTIL) += intel_scu_ipcutil.o
......
......@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("John Belmonte");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Toshiba Laptop ACPI Extras Driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
#define TOSHIBA_WMI_EVENT_GUID "59142400-C6A3-40FA-BADB-8A2652834100"
/* Scan code for Fn key on TOS1900 models */
#define TOS1900_FN_SCAN 0x6e
......@@ -1249,6 +1251,14 @@ static int __init toshiba_acpi_init(void)
{
int ret;
/*
* Machines with this WMI guid aren't supported due to bugs in
* their AML. This check relies on wmi initializing before
* toshiba_acpi to guarantee guids have been identified.
*/
if (wmi_has_guid(TOSHIBA_WMI_EVENT_GUID))
return -ENODEV;
toshiba_proc_dir = proc_mkdir(PROC_TOSHIBA, acpi_root_dir);
if (!toshiba_proc_dir) {
pr_err("Unable to create proc dir " PROC_TOSHIBA "\n");
......
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