Monday, January 24, 2011

Second Linux Kernel patch accepted

After my first ever Linux Kernel patch 8 years ago (yes I'm getting old) i successfully got a new one accepted a few weeks ago that fixes the temperature problem i was having with my laptop. Yay for scratching your own itch :-)
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10 comments:

  1. UnknownMonday, January 24, 2011 2:00:00 AM

    we want a link to the patch!! :D

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  2. BrunoMonday, January 24, 2011 9:15:00 AM

    How did you debug your issue and reach the conclusion that you needed a fix in the kernel?

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  3. Albert Astals CidMonday, January 24, 2011 9:48:00 AM

    @apol: The link to the patch is there in front of your eyes ;-)

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  4. AnonymousMonday, January 24, 2011 10:34:00 AM

    may I ask which notebook you have?
    I have a compal jhl90 and I think I'm having the same issue... my laptop shut down once after a compilation marathon... but it gets very hot running normally...
    so I hope this will fix my issues too.. thanks :)

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  5. Thomas Thym (ungethym)Monday, January 24, 2011 3:05:00 PM

    Congratulations! Really cool stuff you are doing!

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  6. Albert Astals CidMonday, January 24, 2011 7:46:00 PM

    @Bruno: I knew the fan could go faster since at startup it actually it spinned faster, so i thought it could be the fan driver, looking for it i found an existing linux driver for the same brand as my laptop so i tried to add the description of my laptop and it worked :-)

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  7. Albert Astals CidMonday, January 24, 2011 7:46:00 PM

    @friesoft: KHLB2 so you are on your own, sorry.

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  8. elvisTuesday, January 25, 2011 10:20:00 AM

    Reminds me of my first and only scratch-my-own-itch kernel patch [1]. Though that was for FreeBSD, six years ago :) Trivial fix to get my MP3-player working (broken USB-stack on the device).

    [1] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=63645

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  9. elvisTuesday, January 25, 2011 10:21:00 AM

    Ehm, seven years I mean. Wow maybe I'm old too ;)

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  10. AnonymousWednesday, January 26, 2011 5:06:00 PM

    Wow, didn't know you dabbled in the kernel stuff also! :D cool!

    We need to trade war stories at akademy over a beer or two (more like a dozen)

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