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Message-ID: <472579D8.7010404@tuxrocks.com>
Date:	Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:12:40 -0500
From:	Frank Sorenson <frank@...rocks.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
CC:	Bradley Smith <bradjsmith@...nternet.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dz@...ian.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] I8K: Allow i8k driver to be built on x86_64 systems

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Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Bradley Smith wrote:
>> From: Bradley Smith <bradjsmith@...nternet.com>
>>
>> Adds #if clause and additional inline assembly so that the driver
>> builds on x86_64 systems.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bradley Smith <bradjsmith@...nternet.com>
> 
> Is this actually known to be working on a Dell laptop?
> 
>     Jeff

Yes, the patch works well on my Dell, and I've got several
follow-up patches to Brad's.  During the last i8k refresh
(http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/2/24/11), not everything made it
into mainline, so i8k is due for another facelift.

Needs the following in order to work correctly on my Inspiron E1705:


Add DMI Product name to i8k for Dell MP061 hardware (Inspiron 9400/E1705)

Signed-off-by: Frank Sorenson <frank@...rocks.com>
- ---
 drivers/char/i8k.c |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc1/drivers/char/i8k.c
===================================================================
- --- linux-2.6.24-rc1.orig/drivers/char/i8k.c	2007-10-29 00:27:21.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc1/drivers/char/i8k.c	2007-10-29 00:30:05.000000000 -0500
@@ -468,6 +468,13 @@
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Latitude"),
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		.ident = "Dell Inspiron 3",
+		.matches = {
+			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
+			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "MP061"),
+		},
+	},
 	{ }
 };


Frank
- -- 
Frank Sorenson - KD7TZK
Linux Systems Engineer, DSS Engineering, UBS AG
frank@...rocks.com

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