@Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury): Driver which I sent to LKML was only now pulled by Linus to his tree. So it will be in 3.16 kernel. If you do not backport it back to trusty kernel, than it will never hit older (<< 3.16) kernels...
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1199217 Title: Dell laptops' ST Microelectronics Free Fall Sensor (accelerometer) [pnp:8810] cannot be detected at all Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: CID: 201201-10339 Dell Latitude E6530 [1] CID: 201307-13941 Dell Latitude E5440 [2] According to the information provided by Dell, these systems should have an accelerometer on the motherboard (Free-Fall sensor), but it cannot be detected at all (cannot be found in /proc/bus/input/devices) If using windows, it shows ACPI/SMO8810 in device manager If you run "lspnp", you can see: 00:0c SMO8810 (unknown) [1] http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/latit/dell_latitude_e6530_spec_sheet.pdf [2] http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/latitude-e5440-laptop/pd This issue has also been verified with 12.04.4, see bug 1310879 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic 3.5.0-23.35~precise1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1635 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: country TW: (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (3, 27) (5270 - 5330 @ 40), (3, 17), DFS (5735 - 5815 @ 40), (3, 30) Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7e30000 irq 49' Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD93BXX' Components : 'HDA:111d76df,10280535,00100203 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000' Controls : 20 Simple ctrls : 10 Date: Tue Jul 9 11:09:52 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8ee31955-e727-4041-b013-ddde9c2533a6 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6530 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb 1 nouveaufb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic root=UUID=81b802b0-1e06-43e7-8c92-b241adf7768c ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-23-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-23-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79.1 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/19/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A06 dmi.board.name: 07Y85M dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: X03 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd09/19/2012:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6530:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn07Y85M:rvrX03:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6530 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1199217/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
