[ltp] [patch 00/11] ibm-acpi: extended thermal and fan support

[Alex Deucher]

On 10/12/06, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > He has an open request for a maintainer.  If you'd like it you could
> > probably have it.  BTW, I've analyzed the s30 dsdt and figured out how
>
> I will tell him that I would accept the job if he has no one better
> qualified (and I hope he does, I am not well acquinted with the linux kernel
> workflow).
>
> > patch.  If anyone is interested in the dsdt, it's here:
> > http://www.botchco.com/alex/s30.dsdt
>
> Do you mind sending me the output of dmidecode, so that I can add that DSDT
> to acpi.sf.net and, if not there yet, the relevant DMI info to
> thinkwiki.org?

I can send you the full dmidecode, a subset is available on the thinkwiki:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/List_of_DMI_IDs

> Also, is it the DSDT from the latest BIOS?
>

not sure.  I can't seem to find any info about the s30 bioses on lenovo's pages.

> As a rule, DSDTs for anything you want to see well supported by ACPI drivers
> in Linux better be in acpi.sf.net.  This goes double for ibm-acpi, as the
> current maintainer is overworked.
>
> I am willing to help ibm-acpi support for *any* thinkpad that:
>         1. has all required information up-to-date in acpi.sf.net
>            and thinkwiki.org
>         2. has a resposive guinea pig (aka beta tester), because
>            untestable code is not something I am going to write :-)
>
> So I can help you add support for the s30 if you agree to test it
> throughoutly.  Just send me what you already know and the dmidecode output,
> and we can go from there.

I've pretty much figured out what needs to be done, I've just been too
busy to grab the latest kernel ibm-acpi code and make a patch.  It's
pretty similar to the 570.  the ec and the vid have slightly different
handles:
ec is at _SB.PCI0.ISA.EC0
video is at _SB.PCI0.VGA
most of the rest looks pretty standard.  Brightness would be nice, but
I don't see any relevant handles.  If you see any other interesting
things hidden in the dsdt, I'd be interested.

Thanks

Alex

>
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>   Henrique Holschuh
>