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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/ec.c8
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diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 7d6b8411979..d411017f8c0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -913,12 +913,20 @@ int __init acpi_ec_ecdt_probe(void)
boot_ec->gpe = ecdt_ptr->gpe;
boot_ec->handle = ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT;
} else {
+ /* This workaround is needed only on some broken machines,
+ * which require early EC, but fail to provide ECDT */
+ acpi_handle x;
printk(KERN_DEBUG PREFIX "Look up EC in DSDT\n");
status = acpi_get_devices(ec_device_ids[0].id, ec_parse_device,
boot_ec, NULL);
/* Check that acpi_get_devices actually find something */
if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) || !boot_ec->handle)
goto error;
+ /* We really need to limit this workaround, the only ASUS,
+ * which needs it, has fake EC._INI method, so use it as flag.
+ */
+ if (ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_get_handle(boot_ec->handle, "_INI", &x)))
+ goto error;
}
ret = ec_install_handlers(boot_ec);