The offending commit is http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f82bdd0d77b6bf0dea08a1d957ab45d503f328b1
Since the BIOS of the laptop is from 2008 (but still the latest), it is obvious that after that change it won't work anymore. It would be interesting to know why upstream wanted to exclude pre-2009.
The offending commit is http:// git.kernel. org/cgit/ linux/kernel/ git/torvalds/ linux.git/ commit/ ?id=f82bdd0d77b 6bf0dea08a1d957 ab45d503f328b1
Since the BIOS of the laptop is from 2008 (but still the latest), it is obvious that after that change it won't work anymore. It would be interesting to know why upstream wanted to exclude pre-2009.