ACPI: ibm-acpi: allow module to load when acpi notifiers can't be set (v2)
This patch allows for ibm-acpi to coexist (with diminished functionality) with
other drivers like ACPI_BAY. ibm-acpi will simply disable the functions it is
not able to register ACPI notifiers for.
Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
Cc: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>
Cc: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c
index 3690136..dc10966 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c
@@ -2507,7 +2507,7 @@
ret = acpi_bus_get_device(*ibm->handle, &ibm->device);
if (ret < 0) {
printk(IBM_ERR "%s device not present\n", ibm->name);
- return 0;
+ return -ENODEV;
}
acpi_driver_data(ibm->device) = ibm;
@@ -2516,8 +2516,13 @@
status = acpi_install_notify_handler(*ibm->handle, ibm->type,
dispatch_notify, ibm);
if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
- printk(IBM_ERR "acpi_install_notify_handler(%s) failed: %d\n",
- ibm->name, status);
+ if (status == AE_ALREADY_EXISTS) {
+ printk(IBM_NOTICE "another device driver is already handling %s events\n",
+ ibm->name);
+ } else {
+ printk(IBM_ERR "acpi_install_notify_handler(%s) failed: %d\n",
+ ibm->name, status);
+ }
return -ENODEV;
}
ibm->notify_installed = 1;
@@ -2553,6 +2558,8 @@
return ret;
}
+static void ibm_exit(struct ibm_struct *ibm);
+
static int __init ibm_init(struct ibm_struct *ibm)
{
int ret;
@@ -2594,6 +2601,12 @@
if (ibm->notify) {
ret = setup_notify(ibm);
+ if (ret == -ENODEV) {
+ printk(IBM_NOTICE "disabling subdriver %s\n",
+ ibm->name);
+ ibm_exit(ibm);
+ return 0;
+ }
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
}