Help adding machine support to ACPI?

[Steve Freitas <steve-qn7dHi1HsyDby3iVrkZq2A@public.gmane.org>]

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, so feel free to boo me 
off the stage. :-)

I've picked up a shiny new laptop (if you're interested, see 
http://www.goodfellow.net/VPRMatrixLinux), and unfortunately, though ACPI 
will read the power and lid switches, it won't correctly read the battery 
status, AC state, or do suspend-to-ram. I'd like to remedy this.

I've done some reading on the topic (including Ariel Glenn's piece), and I do 
a bit of C hacking, but I've never done anything like this before, so I need 
a little handholding to point me in the right direction and give me some 
pointers. Any volunteers who've done this before?

Thanks!

Steve Freitas


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