linux-kernel - Re: acerhdf.c - unsupported notebook

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Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:42:35 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Branislav Gajdos <brianzee@...il.com>
Cc:	Peter Feuerer <peter@...e.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: acerhdf.c - unsupported notebook

From: Branislav Gajdos <brianzee@...il.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:30:14PM +0200

> Hi Peter,
> 
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Peter Feuerer <peter@...e.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> >> acerhdf: unknown (unsupported) BIOS version Acer/Aspire 3810T/V1.04,
> >>> >> please report, aborting!
> >
> > Which distribution do you use? Does the distribution somehow autoload
> > acerhdf? Or do you manually load the driver?
> 
> I compiled the kernel myself and chose the driver as my notebook was
> Acer Aspire, I didn't realize it was meant only for netbooks :-)
> 
> > I would propose to enhance the bios_tbl by the default temperatures. What do you think?
> 
> So that means you would keep there the definitions for Core 2 based
> models as well, right?

You still didn't answer my question whether your fan is noisy? IOW, does
it make sense for you to use this driver at all?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.
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