http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6729
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-07-02 03:04 ------- As far as I know this problem has been there since 2.6.7 (or even earlier). By the time I got the laptop kernel 2.6.16 was out. I removed windows from the laptop, installed linux and the fan did not run. So my guess is that the problem has been there for a long time, someone worked around it (or fixed a kernel bug, whichever you would call most appropriate) and made his fix available for kernel 2.6.7 but nothing happened in the mainstream kernel ever since. So the fan has not been running on 2.6.16 and 2.6.17 and according to your first link it has not been working correctly on any 2.4 or 2.6 kernel ============== I do not believe a stock Linux kernel will run the cooling fan properly on this laptop. Various 2.4 and 2.6 kernels from different distros either ran the fan continuously or not at all. ============= The guy who sold me the laptop said it had the latest firmware, but I never checked this for my self. I will try to do so asap. About your remark that it includes a firmware override: I am not sure about what the patch does exactly, since I'm not a developer and not really in to these matters, but: When the laptop overheats and shuts down, and I restart the laptop immediately after, the fan will start to run immediately (this should be firmware, as grub has not even been loaded yet) and stops as soon as linux loads it's ACPI stuff (looks to me like some kernel action, but I'm not an expert on this). This is done while the laptop casing is still "hot enough to fry an egg" as we say in the netherlands. My guess is that something in linux is not handling the fan control provided by compaq correctly. In the case that this is caused by Compaq providing buggy firmware and linux developers will refuse to work around it, no one will be able to use the laptop with stock kernels. Because honestly I do not see compaq developing a new firmware for a laptop this old... Personnaly I don't see why this patch (or anything like it) should not be included, as there will probably be more hardware with buggy firmware that has to be worked around somehow since people want to use it with linux too. It's something one has to live with sometimes. But then again, this is only my personal vision. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6729 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: > > What |Removed |Added >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > CC| |acpi- > | |[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | |et > Summary|Fan does not run on Compaq |Fan does not run - Compaq > |armada 1700 |armada 1700 > > > >------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-07-01 09:56 ------- >The fan on the compaq armada 1700 works properly in 2.6.16 >but fails in 2.6.17? > >These references refer to a failure circa 2.6.7: >http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/hosted/armada-1700-debian/ >https://kilobyte.dyndns.info/linux/ > >So I'm confused why they are referenced here if the fan >is working in 2.6.16. > >Note that the ACPI_COMPAQ_ARMADA_1700 patch referenced above >could never be a candidate for the upstream kernel, >as it includes a firmware override. > >On the topic of firmware... >Please verify that your 1700 is running the latest from Compaq. > > >------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- >You reported the bug, or are watching the reporter. > > ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ acpi-bugzilla mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acpi-bugzilla
