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-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c30
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/blacklist.c27
-rw-r--r--include/linux/dmi.h2
3 files changed, 38 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c b/arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c
index ca2a0cbcac0..d2dfd9c8d69 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c
@@ -299,3 +299,33 @@ struct dmi_device * dmi_find_device(int type, const char *name,
return NULL;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dmi_find_device);
+
+/**
+ * dmi_get_year - Return year of a DMI date
+ * @field: data index (like dmi_get_system_info)
+ *
+ * Returns -1 when the field doesn't exist. 0 when it is broken.
+ */
+int dmi_get_year(int field)
+{
+ int year;
+ char *s = dmi_get_system_info(field);
+
+ if (!s)
+ return -1;
+ if (*s == '\0')
+ return 0;
+ s = strrchr(s, '/');
+ if (!s)
+ return 0;
+
+ s += 1;
+ year = simple_strtoul(s, NULL, 0);
+ if (year && year < 100) { /* 2-digit year */
+ year += 1900;
+ if (year < 1996) /* no dates < spec 1.0 */
+ year += 100;
+ }
+
+ return year;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/blacklist.c b/drivers/acpi/blacklist.c
index 9824f679a91..f9c972b26f4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/blacklist.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/blacklist.c
@@ -77,28 +77,13 @@ static struct acpi_blacklist_item acpi_blacklist[] __initdata = {
static int __init blacklist_by_year(void)
{
- int year;
- char *s = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BIOS_DATE);
-
- if (!s)
- return 0;
- if (!*s)
- return 0;
-
- s = strrchr(s, '/');
- if (!s)
+ int year = dmi_get_year(DMI_BIOS_DATE);
+ /* Doesn't exist? Likely an old system */
+ if (year == -1)
+ return 1;
+ /* 0? Likely a buggy new BIOS */
+ if (year == 0)
return 0;
-
- s += 1;
-
- year = simple_strtoul(s, NULL, 0);
-
- if (year < 100) { /* 2-digit year */
- year += 1900;
- if (year < 1996) /* no dates < spec 1.0 */
- year += 100;
- }
-
if (year < CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR) {
printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "BIOS age (%d) fails cutoff (%d), "
"acpi=force is required to enable ACPI\n",
diff --git a/include/linux/dmi.h b/include/linux/dmi.h
index 2e6bbe01415..64fd6c36660 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmi.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ extern char * dmi_get_system_info(int field);
extern struct dmi_device * dmi_find_device(int type, const char *name,
struct dmi_device *from);
extern void dmi_scan_machine(void);
+extern int dmi_get_year(int field);
#else
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ static inline int dmi_check_system(struct dmi_system_id *list) { return 0; }
static inline char * dmi_get_system_info(int field) { return NULL; }
static inline struct dmi_device * dmi_find_device(int type, const char *name,
struct dmi_device *from) { return NULL; }
+static inline int dmi_get_year(int year) { return 0; }
#endif