Re: i8k: fails to detect Dell XPS M1530, fails to get SMM BIOS version with force=1

[Andrew Paprocki]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Andrew Paprocki <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I see two problems with the i8k module and the Dell XPS M1530. First,
> the laptop is not detected. Second, even if it is detected, the module
> prints that it is unable to get the SMM BIOS version even though the
> module appears to be working:

It appears that the Dell Vostro & Precision series have the same issue
and the driver was never updated for those as well. Patches were
submitted back in 2007-11 and 2008-04 respectively:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119401935026583&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120822526223412&w=2

The same message prints for (at least one of) those as well:

i8k: unable to get SMM BIOS version

-Andrew
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