Re: drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c: Support for another Lenovo Ideapad S205

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On 03/16/2012 11:46 AM, Ike Panhc wrote:
> On 03/16/2012 07:09 AM, Vaclav Mocek wrote:
>> On 03/14/2012 06:16 AM, Ike Panhc wrote:
>>> Hi Vaclav,
>>>
>>> Could you try this just-merged patch and see if it fix your problem?
>>>
>>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=461e74377cfcfc2c0d6bbdfa8fc5fbc21b052c2a
>> Hi Ike,
>>
>> tested, it doesn't work, basically it behaves as without your patch; my simple patch still works. If I understand correctly, you want to offload handling of rfkill to ideapad-laptop module. I will look into it during the weekend, any hint, what should I focus on? I am fairly new to this subsystem, it is quite complex and most of time I am spending studying how things work, which is nice, but it doesn't lead to immediate results.
>>
>> BR
>>
>> Vaclav M.
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> 
> What kernel version you use? Checked wiki and it might be 3.1 or 3.2.6. For 3.1 based kernel, you shall also backport this commit
> 
>   http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=1709adab0773616da7a8190f2762e599afb0a295
> 
> If this patch works properly, you shall see no 'acer-wireless' in `rfkill list` and you can unblock other rfkill for wifi. Then you shall be able to use your wireless.
> 
> If all rfkill is unblocked but you still can not use your wifi. Please post dmidecode here, I think, then, a possible approach is to consider to use DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION or add another DMI_PRODUCT_NAME in quirk.
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If you can put the dmidecode and acpidump somewhere I can reach, I can help with analysis the situation.
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