Jean Delvare wrote at about 22:08:57 +0100 on Sunday, November 19, 2006: > 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 Thanks for the clarification. Definitely seems like it should be a boot mode decision since it is a harsh either-or choice (either sleep or sensors) that will change among different users and even for the same user at different times. Recompiling the kernel takes forever and is a pita if it means that you can no longer use stock distro kernels. Unfortunately, I am not at the level of kernel hacker to supply you with the patch... Thanks
