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[Nicklas Overgaard <nicklas@xxxxxxxxx>]

And just a random thought in regard to the WWAN:

Maybe it breaks because of the same reasons the vmnet module for vmware 
workstation 8 breaks.. 
http://weltall.heliohost.org/wordpress/2011/11/09/vmware-workstation-8-x-player-4-x-virtualbox-fix-for-linux-3-2/

/Nicklas

On 2011-11-18 18:41, Rob Mukai wrote:
> 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
>
>     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:
> >     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 <mailto:nicklas@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >         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 <mailto: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
> > >             <mailto:damienrg%2Blist@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> > >
> > >                 On 14 November 2011 12:13, Ilya Voronin
> > >                 <ivoronin@xxxxxxxxx <mailto: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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