From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Charles@Schwieters.org Subject: Re: experimental patch for toshiba_acpi Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:31:08 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200902280015.17286.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <200902280913.45040.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <200903011000.23872.arvidjaar@mail.ru> Return-path: Received: from elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.69]:59955 "EHLO elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751634AbZCAKcR (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Mar 2009 05:32:17 -0500 In-reply-to: <200903011000.23872.arvidjaar@mail.ru> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Andrey Borzenkov Cc: Charles@schwieters.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > On 28 ??????? 2009 21:00:26 Charles@schwieters.org wrote: > > > > > But then I do not understand why you need this in toshiba_acpi in > > > the first place. We already have in-kernel module (toshiba) that > > > provides raw user space HCI access to those who need it. Why is it > > > necessary to duplicate this functionality in toshiba_acpi in the > > > first place? > > > > I did have reports of some machines like yours. This is the result on > > a portege r100 (with unpatched toshiba_acpi: > > > > % lsmod | grep tosh > > toshiba_acpi 5336 0 > > toshiba 4152 0 > > % fan > > fan: laptop does not have cooling fan or kernel module not installed. > > > > Behavior on most machines (and all three of mine) seems to be the > > same. > > > > Sorry for dumb question but are you doing it as root? actually, I get the same result whether running root or not. Charles -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8+ iD8DBQFJqmPrPK2zrJwS/lYRAu38AJ9+NmkjhTr/AZH7HMZ6wthlPrnVSACcD9TU zVBe/SjEYAZLlRpsoXDrbNA= =HrY/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----