linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] ACPI: asus

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Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:20:53 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <corentincj@...aif.net>,
	<sziwan@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	<acpi4asus-user@...ts.sourceforge.net>, <len.brown@...el.com>,
	<linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ACPI: asus_acpi, support F2JE model

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:04:35 +0200 (CEST)
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote:

> @@ -706,6 +718,8 @@ static int get_lcd_state(void)
>  {
>  	int lcd = 0;
>  
> +	BUG_ON(!hotk->methods->lcd_status);

mutter.  We could just warn-and-bale here.

Hopefully this is just an is-jiri-sane assertion and it should never happen,
no matter how busted the BIOS tables are?

If it _does_ ever trigger, well, we just took out someone's machine
quite unnecessarily.
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