acpi: enable C3 Power State on Dell Inspiron 8200

diff -puN drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c~acpi-enable-c3-power-state-on-dell-inspiron-8200 drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ static unsigned int latency_factor __rea
 module_param(latency_factor, uint, 0644);
 #endif
 
+static int forced_c3;
+
 /*
  * IBM ThinkPad R40e crashes mysteriously when going into C2 or C3.
  * For now disable this. Probably a bug somewhere else.

@@ -123,6 +125,19 @@ static int set_max_cstate(const struct d
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Some (Dell) machines set the C3 latency to a value which effectively says:
+ * "Don't use C3." Still, C3 works if we force it.
+ * This enables C3 on Dell Inspiron 8200 machines.
+ */
+static int dmi_force_c3(const struct dmi_system_id *id)
+{
+	forced_c3 = 1;
+	printk(KERN_NOTICE PREFIX "%s detected - Force enabling C3.",
+			id->ident);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* Actually this shouldn't be __cpuinitdata, would be better to fix the
    callers to only run once -AK */
 static struct dmi_system_id __cpuinitdata processor_power_dmi_table[] = {

@@ -181,6 +196,9 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __cpuinitdat
 	  DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR,"Phoenix Technologies LTD"),
 	  DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VERSION,"SHE845M0.86C.0013.D.0302131307")},
 	 (void *)2},
+	{ dmi_force_c3, "Dell Inspiron 8200", {
+	  DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR,"Dell Computer Corporation"),
+	  DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME,"Inspiron 8200") }, NULL},
 	{},
 };
 

@@ -1047,11 +1065,12 @@ static void acpi_processor_power_verify_
 	 * C3 latency must be less than or equal to 1000
 	 * microseconds.
 	 */
-	else if (cx->latency > ACPI_PROCESSOR_MAX_C3_LATENCY) {
+	if (cx->latency > ACPI_PROCESSOR_MAX_C3_LATENCY && !forced_c3) {
 		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
 				  "latency too large [%d]\n", cx->latency));
 		return;
-	}
+	} else if (forced_c3)
+		cx->latency = ACPI_PROCESSOR_MAX_C3_LATENCY;
 
 	/*
 	 * PIIX4 Erratum #18: We don't support C3 when Type-F (fast)