Re: ac status broken with kernel 2.6.8-rc2

[Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>]

Hi!

> The ac status reporting is completely broken for me with kernel
> 2.6.8-rc2 and 2.6.8-rc3-mm1. 
> 
> On cold boot the power is always reported as off-line. After suspend
> (swsusp2) the power is stuck on on-line. It doesn't matter for both
> whether the power is actually connected or if the battery is in.
> 
> ac and battery are compiled as modules and loaded from /etc/modules and
> removed/reinserted on suspend/resume cycle.
> 
> The machine is a sony vaio pcg-fxa53 (amd 1500+ and via chipset).

I have seen similar issues on nx5k, see archives for hacky
patch. Right solution is to use "platform" method of powerdown...

								Pavel
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