Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:41:09 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: i8k: fails to detect Dell XPS M1530, fails to get SMM BIOS version with force=1 |
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:07:02 -0500 "Andrew Paprocki" <andrew@ishiboo.com> wrote:
> 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
I can find no copies of them with Signed-off-by: lines so they appear to have escaped. If the authors of those changes would care to provided Signed-off-by: lines I'll chase this up further.
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