Comment 27 for bug 1678590

I think you mean this patch? It will probably take quite some time to find its way to the package. I'm going to try to compile a patched ubuntu kernel in the meantime. thanks.

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/blacklist.c b/drivers/acpi/blacklist.c
index 4421f7c9981c..bb542acc0574 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/blacklist.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/blacklist.c
@@ -188,6 +188,14 @@ static struct dmi_system_id acpi_rev_dmi_table[] __initdata = {
         DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Latitude 3350"),
   },
  },
+ {
+ .callback = dmi_enable_rev_override,
+ .ident = "DELL Inspiron 7537",
+ .matches = {
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Inspiron 7537"),
+ },
+ },
 #endif
  {}
 };