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[Rob Mukai <dothedog2010@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, So I compiled 3.2.0 rc-2. I didn't/couldn't use the vaio patch.
iwlagn doesn't load so no wifi
fn keys work
Gobi drivers don't compile so no gps/wwan
For whatever reason I couldn't turn off SPARSE_IRQ
Thoughts?

Rob



On Th
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>  It's basically the default ArchLinux installation of laptop-mode-tools,
> the only change I have made is in cpufreq - when i'm running on battery the
> CPU is not allowed to switch to "fastest" mode, only medium...
>
> Based on what Simon said in another thread, i'm not sure whether this is a
> good setting or not, but i'm currently testing it out :)
>
> /Nicklas
>
> On 2011-11-17 15:53, Rob Mukai wrote:
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> Nicklas,
> Could you post your laptop-mode-tools settings? I'm not getting that
> much...
>
> Rob
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:44 AM, Nicklas Overgaard <nicklas@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>>  Hey,
>>
>> I didn't apply the sony patch either, and mute, vol up/down, brightness
>> up/down and sleep shortcuts are working.
>>
>> I do not agree with the power consumption though. As I write this email,
>> I have 97% battery and gnome power manager reports 5 hours and 50 minutes
>> remaining.
>>
>> @Ilya
>> Did you install laptop mode tools?
>>
>> /Nicklas
>>
>>
>> On 2011-11-17 10:07, Ilya Voronin wrote:
>>
>> I didn't apply any patches. Fn volume and brightness buttons are working
>> OOB. Power consumption still too high.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 07:28, Rob Mukai <dothedog2010@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Ilya, So did you patch the kernel with the vaio-full-3.0-rc.patch?
>>>
>>> If not, do you Fx buttons work? e.g. does Fn+F5 reduce brightness, does
>>> Fn+F4 increase volume etc.? Also, how is your power consumption?  I just
>>> tried to apply the patch to the 3.2.0-rc2 source and it failed. So I was
>>> wondering if the patch was incorporated upstream?
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Damien R <damienrg+list@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>>   On 14 November 2011 12:13, Ilya Voronin <ivoronin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> > I've just installed 3.2.0-rc1 kernel on my Z21 (running ubuntu 11.10)
>>>> and
>>>> > found it works extremely well: no more blank screen on boot,
>>>> suspend/resume
>>>> > fixed.
>>>>
>>>>  Thanks for the feedback. Kernel 3.2 will introduce (I think in
>>>> 3.2-rc2) some aspm patches, so pcie_aspm=force will be useless.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Damien R.
>>>>
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