LCD status message randomly appears on screen and system log fills with message:
"Asus ACPI: Error reading LCD status"

This happens with kernels 2.6.10 onwards and affects SuSE 9.3 and 10.0

I have attached a patch to the asus_acpi.c file to add explicit support for the
L5D series. I have also reported this to the kernel bugzilla system but nothing
has happened so I submit it here.

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--- linux/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c	2005-03-20 15:34:04.000000000 +0000
+++ linux/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c	2005-06-02 12:22:41.000000000 +0100
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 		L3D,      //L3400D
 		L3H,      //L3H, but also L2000E
 		L4R,      //L4500R
+		L5D,	  //L5000D/DF 
 		L5x,      //L5800C 
 		L8L,      //L8400L
 		M1A,      //M1300A
@@ -263,6 +264,19 @@
 		.display_get       = "\\_SB.PCI0.P0P1.VGA.GETD"
 	},
 
+        {
+                .name              = "L5D",
+                .mt_mled           = "MLED",
+/* WLED present, but not controlled by ACPI */
+/* TLED does not exist */
+/* .mt_lcd_switch does not exist - handled by hardware */
+/* .lcd_status  - unneccesary, see above */
+                .brightness_set    = "SPLV",
+                .brightness_get    = "GPLV",
+                .display_set       = "SDSP",
+                .display_get       = "\\INFB"
+        },
+
 	{
 		.name              = "L5x",
 		.mt_mled           = "MLED",
@@ -622,7 +636,7 @@
 {
 	int lcd = 0;
 
-	if (hotk->model != L3H) {
+	if (hotk->model != L3H && hotk->model != L5D) {
 	/* We don't have to check anything if we are here */
 		if (!read_acpi_int(NULL, hotk->methods->lcd_status, &lcd))
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "Asus ACPI: Error reading LCD status\n");
@@ -667,7 +681,7 @@
 	lcd = value ? 1 : 0;
 	if (lcd != get_lcd_state()) {
 		/* switch */
-		if (hotk->model != L3H) {
+		if (hotk->model != L3H && hotk->model != L5D) {
 			status =
 			    acpi_evaluate_object(NULL, hotk->methods->mt_lcd_switch,
 						 NULL, NULL);
@@ -1054,6 +1068,8 @@
 		hotk->model = A2x;
 	else if (strncmp(model->string.pointer, "J1", 2) == 0)
 		hotk->model = S2x;
+	else if (strncmp(model->string.pointer, "L5D", 3) == 0)
+                hotk->model = L5D;
 	else if (strncmp(model->string.pointer, "L5", 2) == 0)
 		hotk->model = L5x;
 
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