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From: Borislav Petkov on 13 Jul 2010 08:50 From: Branislav Gajdos <brianzee(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 01:44:38PM +0200 +Peter +lkml > I'm not sure if you're the right person to write to but my linux > kernel (2.6.34.1) outputs this line while booting: > > acerhdf: unknown (unsupported) BIOS version Acer/Aspire 3810T/V1.04, > please report, aborting! It doesn't look to me like this machine is a netbook with an Atom cpu supported by this driver. Do as root: dmidecode > dmi.log and send me the dmi.log file please. Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
From: Branislav Gajdos on 13 Jul 2010 11:00 Hi Borislav, On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp(a)alien8.de> wrote: > >> acerhdf: unknown (unsupported) BIOS version Acer/Aspire 3810T/V1.04, >> please report, aborting! > > It doesn't look to me like this machine is a netbook with an Atom cpu > supported by this driver. Do as root: That's possible, I'm not sure what exactly this driver does. However, I've seen Aspire 1810T definitions in the file already (in bios_tbl table) which is afaik 11" version of 3810T, so I decided to report it for completeness. > dmidecode > dmi.log > > and send me the dmi.log file please. attaching the file. Branislav
From: Borislav Petkov on 13 Jul 2010 11:20 From: Branislav Gajdos <brianzee(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 04:27:37PM +0200 > >> acerhdf: unknown (unsupported) BIOS version Acer/Aspire 3810T/V1.04, > >> please report, aborting! > > > > It doesn't look to me like this machine is a netbook with an Atom cpu > > supported by this driver. Do as root: > > That's possible, I'm not sure what exactly this driver does. However, > I've seen Aspire 1810T definitions in the file already (in bios_tbl > table) which is afaik 11" version of 3810T, so I decided to report it > for completeness. Hmm, acerhdf is a driver for, originally, acer aspire one netbooks with noisy fans. We have static limits which turn on the fan at 63 °C and off again when the temperature reaches 58 °C - those are at least the defaults. Now you have a Core 2 Duo U9400 for which I can't find the specs after a quick search but it looks like something a little bit more powerful than a netbook cpu but still ultra low power. So, before we dig further into this, is your fan noisy at all? Peter, it looks like we support not only Atoms with that driver. Maybe we should check the cpu specs of the 1810T for example (and google says there are several different cpu types packaged with those laptops) before we enforce temperature limits on them...? And let me ask you this: are all those 1810T* entries in the bios_tbl there because of noisy fans ...? Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
From: Peter Feuerer on 13 Jul 2010 13:20 Hi Boris, Hi Branislav, Borislav Petkov writes: > From: Branislav Gajdos <brianzee(a)gmail.com> > Date: Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 04:27:37PM +0200 > >> >> acerhdf: unknown (unsupported) BIOS version Acer/Aspire 3810T/V1.04, >> >> please report, aborting! I'm wondering, why acerhdf is even loaded for your notebook, as no MODULE_ALIAS matches: [...] MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Acer*:pnAOA*:"); MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Acer*:pnAspire 1410*:"); MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Acer*:pnAspire 1810*:"); MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:*Acer*:pnAO531*:"); [...] Which distribution do you use? Does the distribution somehow autoload acerhdf? Or do you manually load the driver? > Peter, it looks like we support not only Atoms with that driver. Maybe > we should check the cpu specs of the 1810T for example (and google says > there are several different cpu types packaged with those laptops) > before we enforce temperature limits on them...? And let me ask you > this: are all those 1810T* entries in the bios_tbl there because of > noisy fans ...? Boris, I agree, we really should check the cpu specs. A quick search got me to this page: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Maximum-CPU-Temperature/143/5 where we clearly see, that the core 2 have much lower critical temperatures. I added all those 1410* and 1810T* entries on behalf of people telling they'd have the fan control working with these lines for some weeks without problems and I didn't care about searching for the netbooks specifications. My fault. I would propose to enhance the bios_tbl by the default temperatures. What do you think? thanks and kind regards, --peter; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
From: Branislav Gajdos on 13 Jul 2010 16:40
Hi Peter, On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Peter Feuerer <peter(a)piie.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? Branislav -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |