Bug#565789: marked as done (say what the current Thinkpad BIOS/Firmware should be)
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has caused the Debian Bug report #565789,
regarding say what the current Thinkpad BIOS/Firmware should be
to be marked as done.
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Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.32-5
Severity: wishlist
File: /lib/modules/2.6.32-trunk-686/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.ko
X-debbugs-Cc: ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
We see
ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.23
http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
ThinkPad BIOS 1WET88WW (2.08 ), EC 1VHT28WW-1.04
IBM ThinkPad R50e, model 1834NV1
WARNING: Outdated ThinkPad BIOS/EC firmware
WARNING: This firmware may be missing critical bug fixes and/or important features
Perhaps it could mention what it believes the current versions should
be, so we can check the IBM website before decide we have send the unit
back to IBM to get whatever it is that is bothering it updated (as we
Linux users can't update the BIOS ourselves.)
Also it could mention perhaps some URLs on where it got its information
about what is current from.
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On Thu, 21 Jan 2010, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> 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.
> >
upstream decided not to add the requested addtional info.
It seems more appropriate to ask Lenovo for better Linux support.
as this beyond a debian bug, closing.
thanks for the report.
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