-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 28 ??????? 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. that's right. > > 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? I did have reports of some machines like yours. This is the result on a portege r100 (with unpatched toshiba_acpi: % lsmod | grep tosh toshiba_acpi 5336 0 toshiba 4152 0 % fan fan: laptop does not have cooling fan or kernel module not installed. Behavior on most machines (and all three of mine) seems to be the same. Charles -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8+ <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQFJqXu6PK2zrJwS/lYRArFkAJ4mUzyCekXST4fIKn3Uhw2srNdcdACZAVSo Pis83ewju56RXMqPUdv+A0M= =KU7l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
