4 files changed, 33 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/dock.c b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
index bbc2c1315c47..b2586f57e1f5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/dock.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
@@ -935,6 +935,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle)
         struct platform_device *dd;
 
         id = dock_station_count;
+        memset(&ds, 0, sizeof(ds));
         dd = platform_device_register_data(NULL, "dock", id, &ds, sizeof(ds));
         if (IS_ERR(dd))
                 return PTR_ERR(dd);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index 7c0441f63b39..e88e8ae04fdb 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -110,6 +110,14 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __cpuinitdata processor_power_dmi_table[] = {
           DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR,"Phoenix Technologies LTD"),
           DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VERSION,"SHE845M0.86C.0013.D.0302131307")},
          (void *)2},
+        { set_max_cstate, "Pavilion zv5000", {
+          DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
+          DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME,"Pavilion zv5000 (DS502A#ABA)")},
+         (void *)1},
+        { set_max_cstate, "Asus L8400B", {
+          DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."),
+          DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME,"L8400B series Notebook PC")},
+         (void *)1},
         {},
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index ff9f6226085d..3e009674f333 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -1336,9 +1336,25 @@ static int acpi_bus_scan(acpi_handle handle, struct acpi_bus_ops *ops,
 
         if (child)
                 *child = device;
-        return 0;
+
+        if (device)
+                return 0;
+        else
+                return -ENODEV;
 }
 
+/*
+ * acpi_bus_add and acpi_bus_start
+ *
+ * scan a given ACPI tree and (probably recently hot-plugged)
+ * create and add or starts found devices.
+ *
+ * If no devices were found -ENODEV is returned which does not
+ * mean that this is a real error, there just have been no suitable
+ * ACPI objects in the table trunk from which the kernel could create
+ * a device and add/start an appropriate driver.
+ */
+
 int
 acpi_bus_add(struct acpi_device **child,
              struct acpi_device *parent, acpi_handle handle, int type)
@@ -1348,8 +1364,7 @@ acpi_bus_add(struct acpi_device **child,
         memset(&ops, 0, sizeof(ops));
         ops.acpi_op_add = 1;
 
-        acpi_bus_scan(handle, &ops, child);
-        return 0;
+        return acpi_bus_scan(handle, &ops, child);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_bus_add);
 
@@ -1357,11 +1372,13 @@ int acpi_bus_start(struct acpi_device *device)
 {
         struct acpi_bus_ops ops;
 
+        if (!device)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
         memset(&ops, 0, sizeof(ops));
         ops.acpi_op_start = 1;
 
-        acpi_bus_scan(device->handle, &ops, NULL);
-        return 0;
+        return acpi_bus_scan(device->handle, &ops, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_bus_start);
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables.c b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
index f336bca7c450..8a0ed2800e63 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/tables.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ acpi_table_parse_entries(char *id,
         unsigned long table_end;
         acpi_size tbl_size;
 
-        if (acpi_disabled)
+        if (acpi_disabled && !acpi_ht)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
         if (!handler)
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ int __init acpi_table_parse(char *id, acpi_table_handler handler)
         struct acpi_table_header *table = NULL;
         acpi_size tbl_size;
 
-        if (acpi_disabled)
+        if (acpi_disabled && !acpi_ht)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
         if (!handler)