What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Install a Linux distribution on a Sony VPC- laptop 2. acer-wmi is loaded by default (there is already a sony-laptop module) 3. acer-wmi forces a soft lock on the WiFi, which can only be unlocked if you rmmod the acer-wmi module.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead? The acer-wmi module should not load on a Sony laptop. The acer-wmi module however is loaded on a Sony laptop.

What version of acer_acpi are you using? On which distribution and kernel version? The one that comes with Linux 3.2.0.

Please provide any additional information below. I had a look at the source of acer-wmi. I did not figure out where you can select if acer-wmi will be loaded or not. Is the solution not to load at all acer-wmi? Or, is the solution to fix acer-wmi so that it does not put a soft lock on the wlan?