linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] intel_ips: blacklist HP ProBook laptops

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:15:42 -0700
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] intel_ips: blacklist HP ProBook laptops

On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:07:17 +0200
Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de> wrote:

> intel_ips driver spews the warning message
>   "ME failed to update for more than 1s, likely hung"
> at each second endlessly on HP ProBook laptops with IronLake.
> 
> As this has never worked, better to blacklist the driver for now.

Sounds like this ME doesn't support the feature.  It would be nice to
have a better way of detecting this, but unless we hear a bunch more
noise like this a one off is fine with me.

Acked-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
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