Re: Re: i2c-acpi-ec.c

Bruno Ducrot
2004-12-31T15:07:24Z

On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 02:19:46PM +0000, Pedro Venda wrote:
> Mathias Weyland wrote:
> >Hi
>
> hello,
>
> >My girlfriend bought a new notebook and asked me to install linux on it
> >(she's fearing viruses ect.). It's an acer tm 2303lc and I installed a
> >recent kernel on it. I was quite astonished when I got an empty
> >/proc/acpi/battery, so I checked the dsdt but couldn't find any errors.
>
> yes, from what I've found, smartbatteries are much more efficient than
> standard ones, so that's probably a good thing. I like to think so, since I
> have one.
>
> >After some time of googling, I read something about smartbatteries. I
> >checked my asl code, and yes, I do have one of those smartbattery-things in
> >front of me. That's quite a problem since my girlfriend will probably kill
> >me when I tell her that battery monitoring is not working.
>
> be prepared :-)
>
> >I've read in the acpi4linux list that you took Bruno's old code and that
> >you
> >are working on a driver. So I wanted to ask whether you need any help
> >(don't expect too much, I'm writing simulations for computional science and
> >I do only have some minor knowledge of kernel programming (with a 2.0
> >codebase) and how far you got now.
>
> I started to learn about kernel programming and i2c, smb, acpi etc, but I'm
> constantly interrupted because of academic work. So I've no time to
> efficiently develop such beast. Beast because of my no-experience in kernel
> programming and related subsystems.
>
> About bruno's driver, I really don't remember well what I've done. I
> remember correctly addressing the smartbattery and getting some very basic
> information. nothing useful. I was happy for actually finding and talking
> to a smart battery though :-)
>
> My standpoint right now is about the same as you. I'm offering help but
> won't author a driver because I'm unable to find enough free time.

I'm polishing i2c-acpi-ec right now. Stay tunned.

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Bruno Ducrot

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