Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6

* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (119 commits)
  ACPI: don't pass handle for fixed hardware notifications
  ACPI: remove null pointer checks in deferred execution path
  ACPI: simplify deferred execution path
  acerhdf: additional BIOS versions
  acerhdf: convert to dev_pm_ops
  acerhdf: fix fan control for AOA150 model
  thermal: add missing Kconfig dependency
  acpi: switch /proc/acpi/{debug_layer,debug_level} to seq_file
  hp-wmi: fix rfkill memory leak on unload
  ACPI: remove unnecessary #ifdef CONFIG_DMI
  ACPI: linux/acpi.h should not include linux/dmi.h
  hwmon driver for ACPI 4.0 power meters
  topstar-laptop: add new driver for hotkeys support on Topstar N01
  thinkpad_acpi: fix rfkill memory leak on unload
  thinkpad-acpi: report brightness events when required
  thinkpad-acpi: don't poll by default any of the reserved hotkeys
  thinkpad-acpi: Fix procfs hotkey reset command
  thinkpad-acpi: deprecate hotkey_bios_mask
  thinkpad-acpi: hotkey poll fixes
  thinkpad-acpi: be more strict when detecting a ThinkPad
  ...

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsinit.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsinit.c
index 2adfcf329e15..1d5b360eb25b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsinit.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsinit.c
@@ -170,6 +170,21 @@ acpi_status acpi_ns_initialize_devices(void)
                 goto error_exit;
         }
 
+        /*
+         * Execute the "global" _INI method that may appear at the root. This
+         * support is provided for Windows compatibility (Vista+) and is not
+         * part of the ACPI specification.
+         */
+        info.evaluate_info->prefix_node = acpi_gbl_root_node;
+        info.evaluate_info->pathname = METHOD_NAME__INI;
+        info.evaluate_info->parameters = NULL;
+        info.evaluate_info->flags = ACPI_IGNORE_RETURN_VALUE;
+
+        status = acpi_ns_evaluate(info.evaluate_info);
+        if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
+                info.num_INI++;
+        }
+
         /* Walk namespace to execute all _INIs on present devices */
 
         status = acpi_ns_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_ANY, ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT,