From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264386AbUGAJnU (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2004 05:43:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264388AbUGAJnU (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2004 05:43:20 -0400 Received: from mail.donpac.ru ([80.254.111.2]:16031 "EHLO donpac.ru") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264386AbUGAJnR (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2004 05:43:17 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:43:12 +0400 From: Andrey Panin To: "Leonardo G. Di Lella" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Sony Vaio dmi_scan.c patch! Message-ID: <20040701094312.GA8118@pazke> Mail-Followup-To: "Leonardo G. Di Lella" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <40E3F014.1090601@dilella.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40E3F014.1090601@dilella.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040523i X-SMTP-Authenticated: pazke@donpac.ru (cram) X-SMTP-TLS: TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 183, 07 01, 2004 at 11:05:56AM +0000, Leonardo G. Di Lella wrote: > Hello, >=20 > there is a false entry in the dmi_scan.c while identifing the Sony Vaio. >=20 > { sony_vaio_laptop, "Sony Vaio", { /* This is a Sony Vaio laptop */ > MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Sony Corporation"), > MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "PCG-"), > NO_MATCH, NO_MATCH, > } }, >=20 > This is the origin part of the kernel (2.6.7). The main problem is that > this works only with older Vaio (PCG-) models. So the best solution is > to replace the MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "PCG-") with NO_MATCH, > because PCG- is referring to a special model and not to all sony vaios. With this change, it will match all computers made by Sony. Are you=20 really sure that they all have Vaio compatible hardware ? > I have the VGN- model, so the kernel doesnt recognize it as a sony vaio. > I have replaced the line and now it works. Better change this, for other= =20 > sony vaio users. =20 New DMI entry will do the same, without risk of false positives. Best regards. --=20 Andrey Panin | Linux and UNIX system administrator pazke@donpac.ru | PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net --G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA49yvby9O0+A2ZecRAiMGAJwJR3j0xmB3ZRx7i8zgPZnpufoUhgCg1J+9 MdYiBpN9ZesZZza+2Zfu6Sg= =CPzd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe--