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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.c19
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
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 @@ static int __init setup_notify(struct ibm_struct *ibm)
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 @@ static int __init setup_notify(struct ibm_struct *ibm)
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 @@ static int __init register_driver(struct ibm_struct *ibm)
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 @@ static int __init ibm_init(struct ibm_struct *ibm)
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;
}