jaunty hdaps error (ret=-6) thinkpad R61i

[KoS]

When trying to load the hdaps kernel module (which should support R61i based on the source code), it fails with (ret=-6) by dmesg.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
MachineType: LENOVO 8932FDG
Package: linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-11.40
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=cfeff766-a418-41dd-be55-2896e026b06b ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.40-generic
SourcePackage: linux

[KoS (kos-ooo)]

I've seen that there are some other bugreports about hdaps, but they are talking about (ret=-19) error and usually about older kernels.

Also as I've seen the dmidecode file is usually needed so I am attaching it to this bugreport.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi KoS,

This seems to be a duplicate of bug 297213 so I am marking it as such. Please read up on that bug report for why this is an issue that will not be fixed. Thanks.

[Tom Jaeger (thjaeger)]

Leann Ogasawara wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 297213 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297213
>
> Hi KoS,
>
> This seems to be a duplicate of bug 297213 so I am marking it as such.
> Please read up on that bug report for why this is an issue that will not
> be fixed. Thanks.

That bug report doesn't make a very convincing case, though. All the
arguments brought forth by the kernel team are made under the incorrect
assumption that there this driver has a realistic chance of being
adopted upstream.

So I'd appreciate it if you could clarify whether you share GregKH's
concerns or whether you don't think that the driver is important enough
to be maintained out of tree (but then I wonder what changed since hardy).