linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Request driver inclusion

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Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:20:22 +0200
From:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>
To:	Peter Feuerer <peter@...e.net>
Cc:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>, Ed Tomlinson <edt@....ca>,
	Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...glemail.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Request driver inclusion - acer aspire one fan control

Hi,

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:14:35AM +0200, Peter Feuerer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Andreas, I applied and reviewd your patch and additionally changed following things:
> o added "acerhdf_enable_kernelmode" which is the opposite of your "acerhdf_revert_to_bios_mode".

Good idea.

> o suspend stops and resume starts the kernelmode in a clean way

Didn't someone argue that pre_suspend_kernelmode was unnecessary?
It's still in there. (could be submitted together with the
Kconfig ACPI depends ;)

> I tested the patch with current linus git. Unfortunately does the current state of the kernel freeze my a1 after suspend/resume randomly (also without acerhdf). Anyways I was able to do 11 suspend / resume cycles with acerhdf loaded and kernelmode=on.

Oh no, not again.

Thanks!

Andreas Mohr
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