On jeu., 2010-01-21 at 13:29 +0800, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote: > >>>>> "SM" == Shannon McMackin <smcmackin@gmail.com> writes: > > SM> I think it's wonderful that the current version at least knows > what > SM> the current BIOS rev is, that in itself is a huge amount of work > to > SM> add in considering the variety of ThinkPad models. > > Exactly. > > Here's my several versions of a reply: Jidanni, *please* stop. You've had the explanations multiple times, now if you don't *want* to understand there's nothing we can do about. Last try: > > 1. > So please have thinkpad_acpi.ko cough up the number -- instead of > having > the user do all that work over again -- and in the end he can only > hope > that he found the version thinkpad_acpi.ko was referring to... but he > will never know. > Henrique has more intelligent things to do than track each and every BIOS/EC release for reach and every ThinkPad each time he releases thinkpad-acpi. > 2. > So why not reveal it to the user? > Instead of having the user spend hours checking websites to find the > answer. And all along that answer might not be the one the program is > using. But the user will never know, as even though the answer is on > the > tip of thinkpad_acpi.ko's tongue, it just won't spit it out, and the > user isn't going to get very far with even the source code, unless > he's > an expert. Whereupon he might discover the number the thinkpad_acpi.ko > is using is totally different. But who will ever know unless he's an > expert. Because he's not even sure the version is the right one. The only thing he knows is that it's *outdated*. If he shows that version, then the user will search for that version, while there are more recent ones available. The version he compares too *may not be* the recommended version. The recommended version is *the latest* (is “latest” something you have problems to understand?) > > 3. > It will clearly take the user many hours of research to try a instead > of > making him do much more work to find out if it is the same number he > could find on some website, or even a different number or who knows > what > number as he won't be cracking the code anytime shortly. > There it is on the tip of the program's tongue... but sorry, "try to > figure it out from the code". It's no more difficult to search for latest bios release on Lenovo website than to search for a particular version. I might even say it's easier, just look for your ThinkPad model, BIOS category and take the latest (see) one. Ok, the end for me. Regards, -- Yves-Alexis
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