On 28 февраля 2009 00:31:59 Charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello Andrey-- > > > >This patch comes from > > > http://memebeam.org/free-software/toshiba_acpi/. With this patch, > > > the module conflicts with the toshiba module (which works only on > > > non-acpi-enabled kernels). > > > > Could you please elaborate? Because (Portege 4000): > > > > {pts/2}% lsmod | grep tosh > > toshiba 4012 0 > > toshiba_acpi 7540 0 > > rfkill 10480 1 toshiba_acpi > > backlight 4560 2 toshiba_acpi,video > > input_polldev 4012 1 toshiba_acpi > > {pts/2}% sudo fan > > Fan is on. > > My understanding is that with the experimental patch, both toshiba > and toshiba_acpi use /dev/toshiba. Do you have the experimental patch > applied? Does fan work if you remove the toshiba module? > May be I misunderstood you then; do you mean that *if* this patch is applied module toshiba works on non-ACPI kernels only? That would be the case then. 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?
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