Re: Smart Battery System driver

Johan Vromans
2005-01-20T09:22:40Z

Olaf Jansen-Olliges <o.jansen-n+qsWun7DryELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Hi Johan,
>
>> # Experimental: drivers for smartbattery reading.
>> modprobe i2c-dev
>> modprobe i2c-acpi-ec
>> modprobe -r ac
>> modprobe -r battery
>> modprobe acpi-sbs
>
>
> i've tested it again on my machine. I only get values for my battery
> when i disable in my kernel configuration. Even when they are marked
> to be build as modules i get no values! Perhaps you should try to
> compile a new kernel with this variables set to no.

Sorry for the confusion -- with these settings in my rc.local I _DO_
get correct values, so there should be no need to recompile the kernel
if ac and battery are modules. Just make sure they're unloaded before
you load acpi-sbs.

-- Johan

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