Re: [T400] no alsa , proc or sysfs interface with thinkpad-acpi 0.23-20091220

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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009, Peter Jordan wrote:
> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh, Tue Dec 22 2009 20:26:30 GMT+0100 (CET):
> > On Tue, 22 Dec 2009, Peter Jordan wrote:
> >> with latest patch from ibm-acpi.sf.net (kernel 2.6.32.2) the proc and
> >> sysfs interface has vanished. Hotkeys has stopped working. Solely
> >> backlight control works. ALSA interface does not work too.
> > 
> > Hmm?  That means the driver didn't load.
> > 
> >> [    3.298673] thinkpad_acpi: Could not create the ALSA mixer interface
> > 
> > Hmmm... I wonder, maybe the driver is failing to load entirely if it can't
> > bring the ALSA interface up?  I will check that.
> > 
> > What does lsmod says?  Is it loaded?
> 
> it is built-in, but i can recompile the kernel, if needed.

I trust ALSA is also built-in?

> > Anyway, please run the driver with the "debug=0x0040" parameter, maybe it
> > will tell us why it is not working.
> 
> Is it possible to pass parameters to built-in modules?

Yes, try it like this: thinkpad_acpi.debug=0x0040, or if that doesn't work,
thinkpad-acpi.debug=0x0040...

You have to add it to the kernel command line (in your boot loader).

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh

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