How can I help with thinkpad x220 issues?

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi Hannes,

On Wednesday, July 04, 2012 03:08:14 AM Hannes Mehnert wrote:
> Hi Erich,
> 
> On 07/03/2012 16:28, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Tuesday, July 03, 2012 08:51:33 PM Ian Smith wrote:
> >> On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 18:20:22 +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> >>  > On Tuesday, July 03, 2012 03:34:36 PM Natacha Porté wrote:
> >>  > > > > $ sysctl dev.acpi_ibm
> >>  > > > 
> >>  > > > I do not have anything with IBM or Lenovo.
> >>
> >> Is this a Thinkpad model that shows no benefits from loading acpi_ibm?
> > 
> > I just loaded it to veryfy. There is no difference between loaded and not loaded. At least it does not do any harm. The sysctls also do not show up after being loaded.
> 
> I believe you've to patch acpi_ibm with the lenovo (LEN0068) identifier
> and recompile - see http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/164538
> 
I compiled it into the kernel but it did not make a difference.

Erich