From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:13:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:12:54 -0500 Received: from inet-mail4.oracle.com ([148.87.2.204]:8423 "EHLO inet-mail4.oracle.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:12:37 -0500 Message-ID: <3C041E4B.CA4D7A8A@oracle.com> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:14:19 +0100 From: Alessandro Suardi Organization: Oracle Support Services X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.5.1-pre2 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Massimo Dal Zotto CC: torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alan@redhat.com, marcelo@conectiva.com.br Subject: Re: [PATCH] latest version of i8k driver In-Reply-To: <200111261111.fAQBBUpG011037@dizzy.dz.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Massimo Dal Zotto wrote: > > Hi, > > here is the latest version of the i8k driver. I have changed the i8k_probe > again and now it loads cleanly on most Dell Inspiron and Latitude laptops. > I have also disabled by default the power status since this information is > already available from apm. The patch is against linux-2.4.15. [snipped patch] Confirmed that it loads cleanly on my Latitude CPx J750GT (no more need to "force=1") and it still works. I actually tested it on 2.5.1-pre2. --alessandro "we live as we dream alone / to break the spell we mix with the others we were not born in isolation / but sometimes it seems that way" (R.E.M., live intro to 'World Leader Pretend')