Re: Regression in thinkpad-acpi events

From: Maciej Rutecki
Date: Mon Nov 14 2011 - 15:18:53 EST


(add more CCs)

On poniedziaÅek, 14 listopada 2011 o 20:44:14 Natanji wrote:
> With 3.0 it was still fine, that much is for sure. The problem came
> with the upgrade to 3.1. I've never even compiled my own kernel so I
> cannot bisect. Sorry...
>
> Regards,
> Natanji
>
> On Mon 14 Nov 2011 08:31:06 PM CET, Maciej Rutecki wrote:
> > On Åroda, 9 listopada 2011 o 19:17:25 Natanji wrote:
> >> Hello everyone,
> >> first time posting on this last, and I'm not subscribed, so please CC
> >> any replies to me. ;)
> >>
> >> I'm running Kernel version 3.1-4 using Arch Linux (32 Bit) on a Thinkpad
> >> X60 Tablet. Since upgrading from a pre-3.1 kernel to a post-3.1 kernel,
> >> the Thinkpad-specific ACPI events (from thinkpad-acpi) are completely
> >> gone.
> >>
> >> This can be observed by using the acpi_listen command. For instance, no
> >> ACPI events happen when swiveling the display, and the sleep button
> >> returns
> >>
> >> button/sleep SBTN 00000080 00000000
> >>
> >> instead of the previous
> >>
> >> ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001004
> >>
> >> The bug was reported in the Arch Linux bugtracker [1] and it was
> >> suggested to report this upstream, so this is what I did now. Sadly I
> >> have no idea how I could find out if this is indeed a kernel bug or not;
> >> I have never compiled my own kernel so what I can give you is probably
> >> limited. But I suppose quite a few members of this list use a Thinkpad.
> >> If there is anything else I can help out with, just tell me.
> >>
> >> [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=26658
> >
> > Can you check that 3.1 works or not? Or try bisection that it is
> > regression after 3.0 or 3.1 kernel.
> >
> > Regards

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