Re: Acer Travermate 8005 and battery info

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

Hi!

> >I believe that smbus is subset of i2c... So first step would be
> >"make it talk with smart battery over i2c".
> >
> >Anyway I may be wrong. You'll know for sure when the patch starts
> >working :-).
> 
> sometime in the not-so-near future :-)
> 
> i'll start studying i2c to find out the smbus "address" (sorry if this 
> is a dumb mistake) and try to scan it for the smart battery.
> 
> can it be done in userspace? or do i need to start coding in the kernel 
> right away?

No idea, perhaps i2c has some "debug-call-me-from-userspace" hooks.

> p.s.: do you mind if i reply to you and CC to the list or the reply in 
> the list es enough?

Cc me, that gives you faster reply.
								Pavel
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