Re: Kernel 2.6 and Dell Inspiron laptop
From: "David Z Maze" <dmaze@debian.org>
> Laurent Canet <lc@tekila.org> writes:
>
> > There is a "Dell Laptop Support" (CONFIG_I8K) option that enables some
> > dell-specific managment options (such as fan speed, temp, bios version
and
> > battery status). It is intended for inspiron 8XXX, but could work on
some
> > other models. Userland access tools are debian-packaged (i8kutils)
>
> In particular, the i8k driver and associated utilities worked
> admirably on my old Latitude C600. (I had written a windowmaker
> dockapp that displayed the CPU temperature and fan speed, but never
> actually put the code on any reliable storage. Oops.) My impression
> is that it would work on pretty much all Inspirons and Latitudes, but
> that may be wrong (particularly if very new models are ACPI-only).
iirc, it doesn't do a thing for Inspiron 2500.
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