On Sun, 13 Mar 2011, Keith Packard wrote: > My X201s BIOS version string is 6QET46V1 (1.16 ). The This is not marked as a production release. > EC version string is 6QHT28WW-1.09. The driver was requiring that both > of these have 'WW' in positions 6 and 7. I don't know what the > significance of having 'V1' there instead is, but removing the test > makes the driver load on my machine. I also don't know what V1 is, but Lenovo has shipped ThinkPads with firmware that was not supposed to get shipped to the production lines at least once... On this case, it looks like someone forgot to give the 6QET46 the "WW" stamp of aproval, or they shipped the image to the factory from the wrong point in the QA pipeline. Here: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-74983 You will find the "summarized" changelogs of the firmware for the X201 (and it looks like it is a good idea to upgrade based on those alone). Near the end of the page, there is a complete list of released firmware: release BIOS (BIOS ID) ECP (ECP ID) 1.32 1.32 (6QET62WW) 1.12/1.12 (6QHT31WW / 6SHT31WW) 1.31 1.31 (6QET61WW) 1.12/1.12 (6QHT31WW / 6SHT31WW) 1.22 1.22 (6QET52WW) 1.11/1.11 (6QHT30WW / 6SHT30WW) 1.17 1.17 (6QET47WW) 1.10/1.10 (6QHT29WW / 6SHT29WW) 1.16 1.16 (6QET46WW) 1.09/1.09 (6QHT28WW / 6SHT28WW) 1.15 1.15 (6QET45WW) 1.09/1.09 (6QHT28WW / 6SHT28WW) 1.14 1.14 (6QET44WW) 1.09/1.09 (6QHT27WW / 6SHT27WW) 1.12 1.12 (6QET42WW) 1.07/1.07 (6QHT26WW / 6SHT26WW) It is interesting to notice that there is a single BIOS (6Q), but two different EC firmware (6Q and 6S), make sure to use the correct one if you try the update. I am unsure of what would be the best course of action. What you have is a BIOS bug, probably with a released fix. OTOH, the reason why I am so strict on that string matching is that I don't want to match on strings if the game changed under the driver, but that WW _really_ doesn't matter at all for the driver (or the thinkpad) itself. Maybe the driver should accept non-WW firmware, but warn the user to check for firmware updates? -- "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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ ibm-acpi-devel mailing list ibm-acpi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ibm-acpi-devel
