On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 02:46:18PM -0400, Mark Pearson wrote: > Hi maintainer, > > I'm fairly new to contributing to the kernel and didn't know about the > stable tree procedure so missed setting the CC:stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx in > my patch submission; I'm following option 2 on the stable-kernel-rules > guide. > > Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Correct thermal sensor > allocation > > Upstream Commit ID: 6759e18e5cd8745a5dfc5726e4a3db5281ec1639 > > Reason: Some EC registers on Thinkpad machines were being incorrectly > used as temperature sensors. One in particular was fooling thermald into > thinking the system was hot when it wasn't, and keeping fans ramped up > unnecessarily. > > I've been requested by some distro's to get this fix into the stable > tree to make it easier for them to then pull into their releases. > If it's possible to add this to 5.11 and maybe 5.10 that would be > appreciated. > > Please let me know if you need anything or have any questions Looks good, now queued up everywhere, thanks. greg k-h
