Merge branch 'bugzilla-10237' into test

git-mirror · Oct 23, 2008 · 63e065e · 63e065e
2 parents 2285bc3 + 20edd74
commit 63e065e
Showing 1 changed file with 13 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -862,8 +862,19 @@ static int ec_install_handlers(struct acpi_ec *ec)
 						    &acpi_ec_space_handler,
 						    NULL, ec);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		acpi_remove_gpe_handler(NULL, ec->gpe, &acpi_ec_gpe_handler);
-		return -ENODEV;
+		if (status == AE_NOT_FOUND) {
+			/*
+			 * Maybe OS fails in evaluating the _REG object.
+			 * The AE_NOT_FOUND error will be ignored and OS
+			 * continue to initialize EC.
+			 */
+			printk(KERN_ERR "Fail in evaluating the _REG object"
+				" of EC device. Broken bios is suspected.\n");
+		} else {
+			acpi_remove_gpe_handler(NULL, ec->gpe,
+				&acpi_ec_gpe_handler);
+			return -ENODEV;
+		}
 	}
 
 	ec->handlers_installed = 1;