Re: RE: Toshiba ACPI battery status - ACPI errors

[Ducrot Bruno <ducrot-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 08:41:23PM +0100, Ducrot Bruno wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 06:55:33PM +0100, Michael Holzt wrote:
> > > I posted last week at acpi-devel a patch which fake a ECDT.  That should
> > > at least fix your embedded error you encounter.
> > [...]
> > > Looking your DSDT, the parameter you have to pass at boot are:
> > > ecdt_fake=0x66:0x62:0x10:-1:\\_SB.PCI0.LPCB.EC0
> > 
> > With the additional patch segment you forgot added, i finally got it
> > compiled, and ...
> > 
> > [...]
> > Nov 25 18:49:57 omocha kernel: ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
> > Nov 25 18:49:57 omocha kernel: ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery absent)
> > [...]
> > 
> > omocha:/proc/acpi/battery/BAT0# more state
> > present:                 yes
> > capacity state:          ok
> > charging state:          unknown
> > present rate:            1500 mA
> > remaining capacity:      6257 mAh
> > present voltage:         15000 mV
> > 

For information purpose, the (updated) patch is at
ftp://ftp.poupinou.org/acpi/10_fake_ecdt.diff

I have to clean up a bit though before submission to acpi maintainer.

Cheers,

-- 
Ducrot Bruno

--  Which is worse:  ignorance or apathy?
--  Don't know.  Don't care.


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