Hi Jeffrey, On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:18:25 -0500, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > Jean Delvare wrote at about 22:08:57 +0100 on Sunday, November 19, 2006: > > On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:35:15 -0500, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > > > 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. > > 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. Agreed, many users complained about this problem already. > Unfortunately, I am not at the level of kernel hacker to supply you > with the patch... You're in luck, Alan Cox just posted a patch on LKML which should fix the issue. http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/14/161 Users who need the SMBus unhiding quirk, use suspend-to-RAM, and know how to patch and recompile their kernel, are invited to give it a try and report. Thanks, -- Jean Delvare
