[opensuse-factory] i8k support on x86_64
Well, a few days ago a opened a ticket on bugzilla about a missing
module (i8k) in the x86_64 build of the kernel (i'm running 10.2 on a
Dell Inspiron 6400). People there indicated me that that module is
not supported on x86_64. I sent a mail to the kernel module developer
hoping to have an answer to validate my claim. It turns to be that
it's 32bit centry, BUT he sent me a patch reported to work. Is it
possible to include it on Factory (even better if it could be
backported to 10.2 :)
Module: i8k
What does: Provides support to Dell laptop sensors
Developer: Massimo Dal Zotto
"Ciro Iriarte"
Well, a few days ago a opened a ticket on bugzilla about a missing module (i8k) in the x86_64 build of the kernel (i'm running 10.2 on a Dell Inspiron 6400). People there indicated me that that module is not supported on x86_64. I sent a mail to the kernel module developer hoping to have an answer to validate my claim. It turns to be that it's 32bit centry, BUT he sent me a patch reported to work. Is it possible to include it on Factory (even better if it could be backported to 10.2 :)
Please tell the developers to get it into the upstream kernel. If it will be in 2.6.21, we will have it in 10.3. We could add such a patch to our kernel - but having it in the upstream kernel makes live much easier for everybody, so please push it that way. Thanks, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
Please tell the developers to get it into the upstream kernel. If it will be in 2.6.21, we will have it in 10.3.
We could add such a patch to our kernel - but having it in the upstream kernel makes live much easier for everybody, so please push it that way.
Thanks, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 Already asked Massimo 3 days ago if he's pushing it upstream, didn't have an answer, but i hope it goes upstream.
Ciro
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Andreas Jaeger
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Ciro Iriarte