Comment 20 for bug 1179282

hi vitorafsr,

I see there two problems, with the additonal fan-speed variable.

1. There is no check, if the variable is syncron to the current fan-speed. I suspect, that the bios (or someone else) will change the fan-speeds also. So i8k has not the correct fan-speed.

2. I saw also the 0.5s freeze during changing the fan-speed.
I will retest it, to clarify if the freeze is also present during writing the fan-speed.

Maybe there is something wrong with the i8k_smm function.
Perhaps, the assembly code doesn't fit with the latest inspiron models. I think, there isn't a documentation, what the code is doing in i8k_smm, am I right?
Do you know, who Jonathan Buzzard is? Is it possible to contact him and verify if the code works also for newer Inspirons?

best regards
raph