[ltp] ibm-acpi: request for testing (fast, easy test, any kernel)

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> 3. Report back:
> 
> 	If the last value of line EC 0x20 of the ecdump was different
> 	from 07, please send me email with the value you got, and
> 	the output of "dmidecode" for your ThinkPad.

Thanks to all that reported so far.  Some very interesting patterns are
showing up, and they have already been used to improve the ibm-acpi patches.
A lot of ThinkPads that do *not* have the bug will not be penalized by the
bug workaround anymore :-)

I still need more reports, though.  Also, due to the patterns that were
observed, I humbly ask that even people that got a 07 reading in the ecdump
also report back.   Sorry about the inconvenience.

So, please, if you did the test and got 0x07, do send me a report even if
the initial call for the test asked you not to do it.

When I have enough data to completely narrow down the bug, I will send a
report to the mailing list, and also update ThinkWiki.org with the results.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh