Re: [lm-sensors] Core i3 support?

[Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>]

On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:52:41 -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 06:42:28PM +0200, D. Can Celasun wrote:
> > On 11 February 2010 10:17, Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote:
> > > Darrick, any chance we could get the i2c-scmi driver to load
> > > automatically on systems which need it?
> 
> I think all we need to do is add:
> 
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, fan_device_ids);

I guess you mean:

MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, acpi_smbus_cmi_ids);

> 
> to i2c-scmi.c, which will add the appropriate aliases to the module info.

OK. Care to send a patch?

> That reminds me, I don't think that patch to add ACPI_SMBUS_IBM_HID to the ACPI
> header files ever went in, did it?  It doesn't seem to be in 2.6.33-rc7, but
> maybe it's queued in someone else's ACPI tree for .34?

I have pinged Bjorn and Len twice already (December 17th, January 5th)
but never heard back.

> If it's not, then I'd
> imagine it's still blocking the patchset to i2c-scmi that works around broken
> IBM BIOSes, so I'm hoping someone from the ACPI part of the world can comment?

Yes it is blocking the i2c-scmi patch. And yes, please ACPI people take
care of it ASAP.

-- 
Jean Delvare