Hi Jeff, Luca, On Thu, 12 May 2011 15:02:08 +0200, Luca Tettamanti wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Jeff Rickman <jrickman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [test results] > > load new i8k module > > > > modprobe -v i8k > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.35.12-90.fc14.x86_64/kernel/drivers/char/i8k.ko > > FATAL: Error inserting i8k > > (/lib/modules/2.6.35.12-90.fc14.x86_64/kernel/drivers/char/i8k.ko): No such > > device > > > > from /var/log/messages > > May 11 12:39:11 XX kernel: [ 263.320306] i8k: unable to get SMM Dell > > signature > > > > modprobe -v i8k force > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.35.12-90.fc14.x86_64/kernel/drivers/char/i8k.ko > > force > > > > from /var/log/messages > > May 11 12:39:11 XX kernel: [ 263.320306] i8k: unable to get SMM Dell > > signature > > May 11 12:40:52 XX kernel: [ 365.019189] i8k: unable to get SMM Dell > > signature > > May 11 12:40:52 XX kernel: [ 365.020148] i8k: unable to get SMM BIOS > > version > > May 11 12:40:52 XX kernel: [ 365.027736] Dell laptop SMM driver v1.14 > > 21/02/2005 Massimo Dal Zotto (dz@xxxxxxxxxx) This is not a fatal error, you may still see interesting things in /proc/i8k or the output of "sensors". Although Harry's report makes it unlikely... > > I will guess that this detection issue is not due to the changes made by > > Jean and Luca. This module may be at a dead end for my hardware. > > Hum, maybe my change is not correct. It should be possible to verify > to functionality of the patch on Harry's machine Harry already reported: "This new i8k crashes on my machine, the old one does not." This suggests that your patch is indeed not correct, however it looks good to me so I don't know what else to suggest. -- Jean Delvare _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
