linux-kernel - Re: i8k: fails to detect Dell XPS M1530, fails to get SMM BIOS version with force=1

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Message-ID: <20081221212539.1fa72bd8@lauren>
Date:	Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:25:39 -0200
From:	Federico Heinz <fheinz@...libre.org.ar>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	"Andrew Paprocki" <andrew@...iboo.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, dz@...ian.org,
	"Andy Spencer" <spenceal@...e-hulman.edu>
Subject: Re: i8k: fails to detect Dell XPS M1530, fails to get SMM BIOS
 version with force=1

On 21/12/2008, Alan Cox wrote:
> I can find no copies of them with Signed-off-by: lines so they appear to
> have escaped. If the authors of those changes would care to provided
> Signed-off-by: lines I'll chase this up further.

This trivial patch adds support for i8k on the new Dell Vostro models.
I tested it on my Vostro 1400, and it works. It does print a warning
when loading the module:

	i8k: unable to get SMM BIOS version

But I couldn't figure out how to fix that. The module seems to work fine,
anyway...

Signed-off-by: Federico Heinz <fheinz@...libre.org.ar>

--- drivers/char/i8k.c.orig     2007-07-08 20:32:17.000000000 -0300
+++ drivers/char/i8k.c  2007-09-27 03:06:08.000000000 -0300
@@ -439,6 +439,13 @@
                        DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Latitude"),
                },
        },
+       {
+               .ident = "Dell Vostro",
+               .matches = {
+                       DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
+                       DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Vostro"),
+               },
+       },
        { }
 };
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