On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 10:36:36AM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Marc MERLIN wrote: > > thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS 7FETA4WW (2.22 ), EC 7FHT26WW-1.08 > > thinkpad_acpi: Lenovo ThinkPad Z61p > > > > I am also slightly confused about the bay driver in 2.6.24: kernel: ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR: found ejectable bay kernel: ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR: Adding notify handler kernel: ACPI: Error installing bay notify handler kernel: ACPI: Bay [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR] Added > > I will look into this, it should have screamed bloody murder and refused to > load: without the notify handler, it won't work right(!), although it > *would* be able to command the thinkpad to eject the bay. Just to confirm, I could eject for 2.6.22.15 but not 2.6.24 (I get no eject even in acpid, and no /proc/acpi/ibm/bay) > > 1) what's this 'Error installing bay notify handler' which I've always > > had? > > It means another driver is already handling that ACPI node, and only one > driver at a time can handle an ACPI node. Sounds fair. Is that a kernel acpi bay vs thinkpad_acpi problem both fighting for the bay? If so, who should handle it in 2.6.24? > I.e. you have ACPI bay.c loaded. Yes, it's bay.c that generated the above: gandalf:~# tail -n0 -f /var/log/kern.log | sed "s/*.kernel: /kernel: /" & [1] 11836 gandalf:~# rmmod bay kernel: ACPI Exception (evxface-0544): AE_BAD_PARAMETER, Removing notify handler [20070126] gandalf:~# rmmod thinkpad_acpi gandalf:~# modprobe bay kernel: ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR: found ejectable bay kernel: ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR: Adding notify handler kernel: ACPI: Error installing bay notify handler kernel: ACPI: Bay [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR] Added gandalf:~# find /proc | grep bay gandalf:~# rmmod bay kernel: ACPI Exception (evxface-0544): AE_BAD_PARAMETER, Removing notify handler [20070126] gandalf:~# modprobe thinkpad_acpi kernel: thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.19-20080107 kernel: thinkpad_acpi: http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/ kernel: thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS 7FETA4WW (2.22 ), EC 7FHT26WW-1.08 kernel: thinkpad_acpi: Lenovo ThinkPad Z61p kernel: thinkpad_acpi: radio switch found; radios are enabled kernel: thinkpad_acpi: standard ACPI backlight interface available, not loading native one... kernel: input: ThinkPad Extra Buttons as /devices/virtual/input/input26 gandalf:~# l /proc/acpi/ibm/bay ls: /proc/acpi/ibm/bay: No such file or directo > > 2) why does the kernel config say that this bay driver is supposed to work > > on thinkpads when it looks like it never worked for me and I always had > > the bay driver from {ibm,thinkpad}-acpi > > Which kernel config? The ACPI generic bay driver *does* work on any 2.6.24: .config - Linux Kernel v2.6.24-hdaps-tpacpi0.19-p4core2smp-preempt-1khz-noticks -qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq Removable Drive Bay (EXPERIMENTAL) qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk x CONFIG_ACPI_BAY: x x x x This driver adds support for ACPI controlled removable drive x x bays such as the IBM ultrabay or the Dell Module Bay. > thinkpads with hotswap bays. It won't work on some older thinkpads that do > warmswap (tell it to eject, SLEEP, remove device, WAKE), but I am not sure > even thinkpad-acpi would work right with warmswap. I guess that doesn't apply to me. I think I never got bay to work with 2.6.22, but thinkpad-acpi bay was working fine, generating events in acpid, and letting me unregister the ide device. > > Also, note that I also patched drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c as recommended > > by tytso to add \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR: as per > > http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-acpi%40vger.kernel.org/msg04716.html > > As per the messages I got above, it looks like my Z61p with sata but IDE > > ultrabay still requires this patch which isn't in mainline. > > And it will never be, it breaks other thinkpads. I would have to rewrite the > bay handler to fix it, and sincerely, it is deprecated and not worth the > bother, UNLESS ACPI bay never works right (which, AFAIK, isn't true). > > I will probably remove bay and dock handling from thinkpad-acpi in 2.6.26, > since ACPI generic bay is supposed to start working for batteries in 2.6.25. Ok, so from what I understand, /proc/acpi/ibm/bay was meant to be removed from thinkpad-acpi, but my problem is that I was relying on /proc/acpi/ibm/bay and I'm currently out of luck because kernel CONFIG_ACPI_BAY doesn't work on my Z61p. Correct? If so, let me know what info I can give you, and I'll see if I can revert to an older thinkpad-acpi that still has /proc/acpi/ibm/bay working on 2.6.24, or just plain revert to 2.6.22.15 otherwise. Does that sound right? As for \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR, am I supposed to keep patching that in the kernel, or are things supposed to work without it for me, considering that my bay does seem to be there according to: kernel: ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR: found ejectable bay Thanks, Marc -- "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. 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