From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751955AbaL3Hfg (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Dec 2014 02:35:36 -0500 Received: from bh-25.webhostbox.net ([208.91.199.152]:55738 "EHLO bh-25.webhostbox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751605AbaL3Hff (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Dec 2014 02:35:35 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 23:35:07 -0800 From: Guenter Roeck To: Gabriele Mazzotta Cc: Pali =?iso-8859-1?Q?Roh=E1r?= , Arnd Bergmann , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jean Delvare , Steven Honeyman , Jochen Eisinger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] i8k: Remove laptop specific config data (fan_mult, fan_max) from driver Message-ID: <20141230073507.GA11067@roeck-us.net> References: <1418155621-21644-1-git-send-email-pali.rohar@gmail.com> <1566138.nEi3x1Fh8B@xps13> <201412291322.52203@pali> <1452807.aaSs3acGZG@xps13> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1452807.aaSs3acGZG@xps13> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Authenticated_sender: guenter@roeck-us.net X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-CTCH-PVer: 0000001 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020205.54A255CB.009B,ss=1,re=0.001,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-CTCH-Score: 0.001 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-CTCH-Rules: C_4847, X-CTCH-SenderID: linux@roeck-us.net X-CTCH-SenderID-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-SenderID-TotalMessages: 8 X-CTCH-SenderID-TotalSpam: 0 X-CTCH-SenderID-TotalSuspected: 0 X-CTCH-SenderID-TotalConfirmed: 0 X-CTCH-SenderID-TotalBulk: 0 X-CTCH-SenderID-TotalVirus: 0 X-CTCH-SenderID-TotalRecipients: 0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - bh-25.webhostbox.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - roeck-us.net X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: bh-25.webhostbox.net: mailgid no entry from get_relayhosts_entry X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 01:50:22PM +0100, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > On Monday 29 December 2014 13:22:52 Pali Rohár wrote: > > On Sunday 28 December 2014 17:17:14 Gabriele Mazzotta wrote: > > > OK, I wanted to double check in case I had something missing. > > > > > > Patches tested on my XPS13: the correct values for fan_mult > > > and fan_man are automatically selected. > > > > Great. Are there any other problems? Now probe time when loading > > module should be lower and could not freeze system, right? > > Yes, the system doesn't hang on module load. The only problem I have > right night now is that the system temporarily hangs when I read or set > the speed of the fan. This is a known problem on some Dell laptops; one of mine has the same problem. Nothing we can do about that, unfortunately. Only thing you can do is to not read the fan speed. Guenter