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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/video.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video.c b/drivers/acpi/video.c index debd30917010..5f98ac69729a 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/video.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c @@ -2176,6 +2176,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_unregister_backlight); static int __init acpi_video_init(void) { + /* + * Let the module load even if ACPI is disabled (e.g. due to + * a broken BIOS) so that i915.ko can still be loaded on such + * old systems without an AcpiOpRegion. + * + * acpi_video_register() will report -ENODEV later as well due + * to acpi_disabled when i915.ko tries to register itself afterwards. + */ + if (acpi_disabled) + return 0; + dmi_check_system(video_dmi_table); if (intel_opregion_present()) |