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-rw-r--r--drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c17
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
index 2c85a2e10a25..cd263c518e06 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@ static struct {
u32 hotkey_poll_active:1;
} tp_features;
+static struct {
+ u16 hotkey_mask_ff:1;
+} tp_warned;
+
struct thinkpad_id_data {
unsigned int vendor; /* ThinkPad vendor:
* PCI_VENDOR_ID_IBM/PCI_VENDOR_ID_LENOVO */
@@ -1182,6 +1186,19 @@ static int hotkey_mask_set(u32 mask)
int rc = 0;
if (tp_features.hotkey_mask) {
+ if (!tp_warned.hotkey_mask_ff &&
+ (mask == 0xffff || mask == 0xffffff ||
+ mask == 0xffffffff)) {
+ tp_warned.hotkey_mask_ff = 1;
+ printk(TPACPI_NOTICE
+ "setting the hotkey mask to 0x%08x is likely "
+ "not the best way to go about it\n", mask);
+ printk(TPACPI_NOTICE
+ "please consider using the driver defaults, "
+ "and refer to up-to-date thinkpad-acpi "
+ "documentation\n");
+ }
+
HOTKEY_CONFIG_CRITICAL_START
for (i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
u32 m = 1 << i;
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