[PATCH 0/3] SRU LP69925 Intrepid - CPU fan stops at kernel load

[Tim Gardner]

Steve Conklin wrote:
> From 2fb41f56964fc3489a9b7c93fdf66bffed26e075 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Steve Conklin <sconklin at canonical.com>
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:28:24 -0600
> 
> On the notebook fujitsu amilo l1310g, based on ATI chipset with xpress 
> 200m video card, a few seconds after the splash screen, the fan stops 
> and the cpu overheats.
> 
> These patches resolve the problem.
> 
> Zhao Yakui (3):
>   UBUNTU: ACPI: Add DMI check to disable power state check in power
>     transition
>   UBUNTU: ACPI: Add "acpi.power_nocheck=1" to disable power state check
>     in power transition
>   UBUNTU: ACPI: Attach the ACPI device to the ACPI handle as early as
>     possible
> 
>  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    8 ++++++
>  drivers/acpi/bus.c                  |   37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/acpi/power.c                |   41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  drivers/acpi/scan.c                 |   12 ++++++++-
>  include/acpi/acpi_drivers.h         |    1 +
>  5 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> 

ACK - you gotta love these hacks for buggy BIOS.

The patch order looks inverted, i.e., 1/3 is dependent on 2/3.

When cherry picking directly from Linus' repo, I've started using '-x'
so that I can tell at a glance from whence the commit originated. Also,
I'll add to the commit message a discussion of any resolution issues.

rtg
-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com