Hi Evgeni, thanks for your reply.
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 13:16, Evgeni Golov <evg...@debian.org> wrote: > On 06/01/2011 07:01 PM, Steven Barth wrote: > >> The tp-smapi kernel module doesn't load on the latest generation of ThinkPads >> (T420(s), T520, X220(t), W520) although they have a working embedded >> controller. It seems the EC just isn't announced via DMI anymore or if it is, >> then in an unknown way. > > I must admit I do not like either of your patches, as maintaining a > whitelist is awful. Agreed. > Could you both please send me the output of dmidecode (remove any > system-serials before, gzipped, private mail is sufficient) and I'll try > to poke around to find something nice for tp_smapi. If not, we still can > apply one of your patches ;) Please find attached the requested dmidecode dump. Hopefully that helps coming up with an alternative detection method although from what I can see the dump does not look too promising (maybe some OEM field). BTW, the patch at [1] (or an equivalent) will be necessary even f you come up with an alternative detection method as the newer ThinkPads do not seem to support setting start thresholds, which caused setting the stop thresholds to fail. Thanks, Thilo [1] https://github.com/ginkel/tp_smapi/commit/8c606b476b5859b2d6798e6df15aa0316ca6a206
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