On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 09:03 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> 2009/9/17 Matthew Saltzman <[email protected]>:
> > OK What's the best way to request that? Would it get generated as a
> > consequence of the power manager RFE? Or should I file it separately?
> > Anything special about kernel feature requests?
>
> Well, you can file a kernel bug if you want, but it's a fair chunk of
> new functionality and it's functionality that is very vendor specific
> as it's not in the ACPI standards. For IBM thinkpads, see
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Tp_smapi
>
> Be aware that tpm-smapi was refused entry to the upstream kernel, and
> probably won't be accepted by the fedora kernel as a result. Consult
> the kernel.org archives for the full discussion.
OK Thanks. That's useful, if a bit disappointing.
>
> Richard.
>
>
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