Updated acpi_cpu patch

Nate Lawson nate at root.org
Wed Nov 26 14:19:09 PST 2003


On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Lukas Ertl wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Nate Lawson wrote:
> > It's possible the fan is under BIOS control so make sure you have an
> > up-to-date bios.  If not, you should get a console printout when acpi
> > switches the fan on.  sysctl hw.acpi.thermal
>
> Nope, no ACPI messages, and I can't find a FAN device in my ASL. (At least
> no 'standard' one - anyone knows what hides behind this HKEY device
> every ThinkPad seems to have?)

It's not called FAN.  It is a device with a certain PNP id and controlled
by a power resource.  I need the output of sysctl hw.acpi.thermal to see
your _ACx values.

-Nate


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