Re: i8k: fails to detect Dell XPS M1530, fails to get SMM BIOS version with force=1

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:07:02 -0500 "Andrew Paprocki" <andrew@ishiboo.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Andrew Paprocki <andrew@ishiboo.com> wrote:
> > I see two problems with the i8k module and the Dell XPS M1530. First,
> > the laptop is not detected. Second, even if it is detected, the module
> > prints that it is unable to get the SMM BIOS version even though the
> > module appears to be working:
> 
> It appears that the Dell Vostro & Precision series have the same issue
> and the driver was never updated for those as well. Patches were
> submitted back in 2007-11 and 2008-04 respectively:
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119401935026583&w=2
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120822526223412&w=2

Thanks, I picked up all three (much to various people's surprise, I expect).

> The same message prints for (at least one of) those as well:
> 
> i8k: unable to get SMM BIOS version

hm.  But the driver works OK anyway?