[ltp] Incorporating Thinkpad Detection into Lm_sensors

[ZeiMoT]

Why only those listed?
Why not for all the Thinkpad's that can be damaged by lm_sensors?

  -=< ZeiMoT >=-


On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Mark Studebaker wrote:

> To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:48:51 -0400
> From: Mark Studebaker <mds@paradyne.com>
> Subject: Re: [ltp] Incorporating Thinkpad Detection into Lm_sensors
>
> Hi, I'm on the lm_sensors project too.
> I would like to investigate using PCI ID's to identify a thinkpad.
> This would be simpler than using DMI.
> Would folks please post the output of 'lspci' and 'lspci -n'
> for each of the following laptops reported to be a problem.
> Obviously we only need one posting for each model.
> thanks
> >
> > ThinkPad 770X
> > ThinkPad 600E
> > ThinkPad 770Z
> > ThinkPad 600X
> > ThinkPad 240
> > ThinkPad X20
> > ThinkPad 570E
> >
>
> Michael Selway wrote:
> >
> > Charles E Taylor IV writes:
> >  > [Thinkpad detection]
> >  >
> >  > On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 12:43:24 -0500
> >  > Jim Redmond <jim@scrubnugget.com> wrote:
> >  >
> >  > > I'm pretty sure this is based on a .config setting, defined by the user.
> >  >
> >  > On my stock RH 7.3 Thinkpad 600, I notice the following in the startup
> >  > logs:
> >  >
> >  > IBM machine detected. Enabling interrupts during APM calls.
> >
> > The code I pointed out to the lm_sensors guys is the code which
> > causes this line to be printed.  AFAIK, Linux always overrides the
> > setting of APM_ALLOW_INTS on all IBM machines, both in .config and
> > on the kernel command line: APM_ALLOW_INTS is forcibly set ON.
> >
> > I've been experimenting with undoing all this so that I have
> > control of APM_ALLOW_INTS again.  I'm persuing my struggle to get
> > 100% reliable suspend/resume on my T21.  Currently I'm running
> > with APM_ALLOW_INTS switched OFF.  It's a "well known fact" that
> > this doesn't work on thinkpads.  Well, it does on my T21.  It's
> > too early to say whether it's helped my suspend problems, as I'm
> > down to one failure every few weeks now, so it takes a long time
> > to test.  So far it's at least as reliable and maybe more
> > reliable.
> >
> > Michael.
> >
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