A small number of systems respond to PnP dock queries with bogus values. This causes us to keep logging an error every 2 seconds. Instead of trying again just assume the BIOS is crapware and doesn't actually have dock functionality.
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <[email protected]> --- drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c b/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c index 074569e..facd43b 100644 --- a/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c +++ b/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c @@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ static int pnp_dock_thread(void *unused) break; default: pnpbios_print_status("pnp_dock_thread", status); - continue; + printk(KERN_WARNING "PnPBIOS: disabling dock monitoring.\n"); + complete_and_exit(&unload_sem, 0); } if (d != docked) { if (pnp_dock_event(d, &now) == 0) { -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
