I think I should keep quiet more.
Instead I got a new Fujitsu S-Lifebook. This is a really nice laptop. Red Hat 8.0 installed with no problems (it's dual boot with Windows XP and RH). I need to do a nice web page describing what I've done and tested so far - there are no S-Lifebook pages on Linux on Laptops for this model.
Now these newest laptops use ACPI power management, instead of the older APM. To get ACPI working I had to patch the kernel (I got 2.4.20, patched and recompiled it). Now I have most of the ACPI devices, except for "thermal_zone" and "fan". For some reason these devices do not get set up properly.
So, I started reading through the "Linux Device Drivers" book and I'm reading the ACPI code to see if I can figure this out.
With your bare hands?!?