Seems the patch has since been accepted upstream. Pasting the upstream git commit id below. Thanks.
ogasaw...@yoji:~/linux-2.6$ git log 74a365b3f354fafc537efa5867deb7a9fadbfe27 commit 74a365b3f354fafc537efa5867deb7a9fadbfe27 Author: Matthew Garrett <mj...@srcf.ucam.org> Date: Thu Mar 19 21:35:39 2009 +0000 ACPI: Populate DIDL before registering ACPI video device on Intel Intel graphics hardware that implements the ACPI IGD OpRegion spec requires that the list of display devices be populated before any ACPI video methods are called. Detect when this is the case and defer registration until the opregion code calls it. Fixes crashes on HP laptops. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11259 Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <m...@redhat.com> Acked-by: Eric Anholt <e...@anholt.net> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.br...@intel.com> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- Closing lid results in kernel panic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228399 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs