Hi Jeffrey, On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:35:15 -0500, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > I have been having a similar problem. > I was able to get lm_sensors to work on 2.4 kernels by using the p4b_smbus.o > hotplug module. > > However, when I upgraded to Fedora 6/Linux 2.6.18, it no longer works. > My understanding is that in Linux 2.6.x, it is no longer necessary to > use the p4b_smbus hotplug module since activation of Asus's "hidden" > SMBus is handled by code in drivers/pci/quirks.c Correct. > Now, I learned from the previous post that the SMBus is not enabled if > suspend is used and that I need to shut off the "Sleep States" in the > ACPI menu. > > Is there any way to do this *without* recompiling the kernel? > i.e., can I pass parameters to the kernel in grup or even after > booting to get rid of the sleep states problem and get SMBus enabled? Unfortunately not. I agree it would be nice to have a kernel boot parameter for this, but at the moment this is a compilation time decision. If someone provides a patch to make it a boot time decision, I'll take that. -- Jean Delvare
