linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] Don't load Dell-WMI on non WMI systems

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Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:01:55 -0500
From:	Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@...l.com>
To:	mjg59@...f.ucam.org
CC:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Don't load Dell-WMI on non WMI systems

Hi:

I've noticed that the dell-wmi module will load on systems even if WMI
isn't supported.  As this is dependent upon BIOS version, dell-wmi
should return -ENODEV in these situations.

Regards
-- 
Mario Limonciello
*Dell | Linux Engineering*
mario_limonciello@...l.com

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