[ltp] Re: UltraBay hotplug not working with T23

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:51:05 +0100


On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 17:59:52 +0100, Xavier Cremaschi wrote:

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> In recent kernels, docking features have been removed from thinkpad_acpi  
> because these features are now managed by the kernel.
> IIRC this is also true for bay features.
> In 2.6.23 I made a 'modprobe dock' to enable the support of docking  
> station, maybe there is a similar mechanism for ultrabay...

Yes, see my other mails. I got it working with the generic bay function
that was added in 2.6.23. All I have to do is boot with the battery
inserted, otherwise /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1 is missing.

Regards,
Tino