On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 10:13 PM, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Another interesting link https://www.snip2code.com/Snippet/3291964/0001-Add-Thinkpad-palm-detection-acpi-co/ Please, test this to be sure what exactly is the source of events. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
