[ltp] Re: ATTENTION T40/41/4*p OWNERS!

[edonia]

Am Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:34:44 -0500 schrieb Aaron Mulder:

> 	If your system doesn't have cpudyn or cpufreq and you boot on AC,
> your CPU will be at full speed forever.  Perhaps this accounts for the fan
> being on all the time (and rotten battery life too).  When I activated
> cpufreqd in SuSE 9, the battery life on my T40p, well, perhaps didn't
> double, but certainly improved significantly.  At the moment, writing
> e-mail, the CPU is at 600MHz and the fan is, if not completely off, at
> least at a very low speed with no significant noise.  If I kick off a
> compile, it shoots up in MHz and the fan noise kicks in pretty quickly.
> 
> Aaron
> 
> On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, ben lamothe wrote:
>> After an exaustive search of all forums and mailing lists i can think
>> of, I couldn't find any solution to the fan never shutting off in linux
>> problem, so I decided to give IBM a call to report a bug.  I just spoke
>> to IBM on the phone about the fan, assuming that there was some
>> proprietary daemon that controls the fan in windows, on how to get IBM
>> to release the specs so a similar daemon can be written for linux, or
>> better yet, for IBM to write a daemon themselves.  The guy on the phone
>> told me that all that he could do was note it, and if enough people call
>> in about the same problem, then they would issue a "re-call" and release
>> a fix.  So, the best way to get this thing fixed is for everyone
>> affected, and more, to call 1-800-IBM-SERV and select hardware services
>> support and report that the fan doesn't shut off in Linux.  If enough
>> people call in, then this problem will be fixed, so everyone please call
>> in.  Thanks alot.

Hey Guys,

my T40p shut down the Fan!
right now the CPU speed is at 49MHz, the temp at 36 degrees and the fan
off.

i have the 2.6.2-1 Kernel, a fixed DST, cpufreq and the powernowd running...


part of my kernel config file, if somebody need it:

#
# Processor type and features
#
CONFIG_X86_PC=y
# CONFIG_X86_VOYAGER is not set
# CONFIG_X86_NUMAQ is not set
# CONFIG_X86_SUMMIT is not set
# CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP is not set
# CONFIG_X86_VISWS is not set
# CONFIG_X86_GENERICARCH is not set
# CONFIG_X86_ES7000 is not set
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
CONFIG_M586=y
# CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
# CONFIG_M586MMX is not set
# CONFIG_M686 is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUMII is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set
# CONFIG_MK6 is not set
# CONFIG_MK7 is not set
# CONFIG_MK8 is not set
# CONFIG_MELAN is not set
# CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set
# CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set
# CONFIG_MVIAC3_2 is not set
# CONFIG_X86_GENERIC is not set
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE=y
CONFIG_X86_F00F_BUG=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_ALIGNMENT_16=y
CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
# CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC is not set
# CONFIG_SMP is not set
# CONFIG_PREEMPT is not set
# CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC is not set
CONFIG_X86_MCE=y
# CONFIG_X86_MCE_NONFATAL is not set
CONFIG_TOSHIBA=m
CONFIG_I8K=m
CONFIG_MICROCODE=m
CONFIG_X86_MSR=m
CONFIG_X86_CPUID=m
CONFIG_EDD=y
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_MTRR=y
# CONFIG_EFI is not set

#
# Power management options (ACPI, APM)
#
CONFIG_PM=y
CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND=y
CONFIG_PM_DISK=y
CONFIG_PM_DISK_PARTITION="/dev/hda5"

#
# ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support
#
CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_INITRD=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_AC=m
CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=m
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=m
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=m
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=m
CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS=m
CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA=m
# CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y
CONFIG_ACPI_RELAXED_AML=y
CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER=y

#
# APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS Support
#
CONFIG_APM=m
# CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set
CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT=y
# CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set
# CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set

#
# CPU Frequency scaling
#
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_PROC_INTF is not set
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE is not set
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=y
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_24_API is not set
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TABLE=y

#
# CPUFreq processor drivers
#
# CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ is not set
# CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K6 is not set
# CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K7 is not set
# CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8 is not set
# CONFIG_X86_GX_SUSPMOD is not set
CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO=y
# CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_ICH is not set
# CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_SMI is not set
# CONFIG_X86_P4_CLOCKMOD is not set
# CONFIG_X86_LONGRUN is not set
# CONFIG_X86_LONGHAUL is not set