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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c index 46ab82fb2898..c316b1b592d6 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c @@ -469,7 +469,12 @@ static ssize_t new_password_store(struct kobject *kobj, if (ret) goto out; - if (tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->pwd_enabled) { + /* + * Note admin password is not always required if SMPControl enabled in BIOS, + * So only set if it's configured. + * Let BIOS figure it out - we'll get an error if operation is not permitted + */ + if (tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->pwd_enabled && strlen(tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->password)) { ret = tlmi_opcode_setting("WmiOpcodePasswordAdmin", tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->password); if (ret) |