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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/blacklist.c27
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 21 deletions
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",