On Saturday 18 June 2016 00:54:43 Pali Rohár wrote: > I'm sending all my dell-smm-hwmon patches in one series, because due to > changes in code other patches depends on previous. > > First two patches fixes problem with old /proc/i8k file. Second is security > fix and should be backported to all stable kernels (that problem was there > always). I tested i8kctl tool (from i8kutils package) that it still works > with these patches. Without root access for those security operations just > showes '?' or '-1'. > > Third and fourth patches try to fix problem on machines with broken > SMM/BIOS when calling function fan_type(). > > Fifth is new feature and last sixth useful for debugging. > > Pali Rohár (6): > hwmon: (dell-smm) Fail in ioctl I8K_BIOS_VERSION when bios version is > not a number > hwmon: (dell-smm) Restrict fan control and serial number to > CAP_SYS_ADMIN by default > hwmon: (dell-smm) Disallow fan_type() calls on broken machines > hwmon: (dell-smm) Cache fan_type() calls and change fan detection > hwmon: (dell-smm) Detect fan with index=2 > hwmon: (dell-smm) In debug mode log duration of SMM calls > > drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c | 122 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- > 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) > Hi, can you test this patch series on affected Dell Studio XPS and Inspiron 580 machines? Also on affected Precision machines? I believe it finally fix those freeze and cpu fan speed problems, but needs testing... -- Pali Rohár pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hwmon" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
