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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/platform/x86/nvidia-wmi-ec-backlight.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/nvidia-wmi-ec-backlight.c b/drivers/platform/x86/nvidia-wmi-ec-backlight.c index baccdf658538..1b572c90c76e 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/nvidia-wmi-ec-backlight.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/nvidia-wmi-ec-backlight.c @@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ #include <linux/wmi.h> #include <acpi/video.h> +static bool force; +module_param(force, bool, 0444); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(force, "Force loading (disable acpi_backlight=xxx checks"); + /** * wmi_brightness_notify() - helper function for calling WMI-wrapped ACPI method * @w: Pointer to the struct wmi_device identified by %WMI_BRIGHTNESS_GUID @@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ static int nvidia_wmi_ec_backlight_probe(struct wmi_device *wdev, const void *ct int ret; /* drivers/acpi/video_detect.c also checks that SOURCE == EC */ - if (acpi_video_get_backlight_type() != acpi_backlight_nvidia_wmi_ec) + if (!force && acpi_video_get_backlight_type() != acpi_backlight_nvidia_wmi_ec) return -ENODEV; /* |