Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:07:02 -0500 | From | "Andrew Paprocki" <> | Subject | Re: i8k: fails to detect Dell XPS M1530, fails to get SMM BIOS version with force=1 |
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On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Andrew Paprocki <andrew@ishiboo.com> wrote: > I see two problems with the i8k module and the Dell XPS M1530. First, > the laptop is not detected. Second, even if it is detected, the module > prints that it is unable to get the SMM BIOS version even though the > module appears to be working:
It appears that the Dell Vostro & Precision series have the same issue and the driver was never updated for those as well. Patches were submitted back in 2007-11 and 2008-04 respectively:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119401935026583&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120822526223412&w=2
The same message prints for (at least one of) those as well:
i8k: unable to get SMM BIOS version
-Andrew
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