On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 3:19 PM, David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > The thinkpad_acpi driver constantly reports about unhandled events on > my ThinkPad X1 5gen. The logs look like this: > > kernel: thinkpad_acpi: unknown possible thermal alarm or keyboard event received > kernel: thinkpad_acpi: unhandled HKEY event 0x60b1 > kernel: thinkpad_acpi: please report the conditions when this event > happened to ibm-acpi-devel@... > > kernel: thinkpad_acpi: unknown possible thermal alarm or keyboard event received > kernel: thinkpad_acpi: unhandled HKEY event 0x60b0 > kernel: thinkpad_acpi: please report the conditions when this event > happened to ibm-acpi-devel@... > > I have no clue what triggers them. However, the 0x60b1 event seems to > notify about some kind of action, and 0x60b0 seems to notify about its > end (like FAN-START, and FAN-STOP). The 0x60b0 follows 0x60b1 usually > in a timespan between 1s-10s. > > The event occurs even when the laptop is not moved/touched, but only > performs random computations. The first time this occurs is usually > during user-space startup, which might just be the time the module is > loaded. So far, I did not see any other event occurring before/after > it, which might give any hints. > > What is the recommended way to deal with that? I am having a hard-time > figuring out what triggers it, but at the same time it spams the > system-logs to a degree that after 1h of uptime, the vast majority of > the system log is cluttered with those messages. > > I can provide a patch to ignore these events in the driver? Or does > anyone have access to Lenovo developers to ask for help? > I just googled this one: https://sourceforge.net/p/ibm-acpi/mailman/message/30670245/ I dunno if we have any predefined events for screen_rotate_start / stop -alike stuff. So, patches are always welcome! -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
