From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruno Ducrot Subject: Re: Smart Battery System driver Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:20:23 +0100 Message-ID: <20050117132023.GT19199@poupinou.org> References: <41E81C2C.8010809@bartol.udel.edu> <1105747983.7368.3.camel@tyrosine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1105747983.7368.3.camel@tyrosine> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Matthew Garrett Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 12:13:03AM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 14:23 -0500, Rich Townsend wrote: > > > ...provides access to the SBS via a new /proc/acpi/sbs interface, and > > also provides a "legacy" /proc/acpi/battery interface that current > > battery-monitoring tools can access. This driver depends on Bruno's > > i2c-acpi-ec driver, which I have included with my source code since a > > couple of bug fixes were necessary. > > One thing I've been meaning to ask - several Thinkpads have an > interesting design issue, whereby reading certain smbus addresses can > render the machine unbootable without a motherboard replacement. As a > result, i2c-piix refuses to load on Thinkpads. Does something similar > need to be done for i2c-acpi-ec, or does it only provide i2c access to > devices connected to the embedded controller? > The latter. But its possible that devices connected may be faulty. I'm not aware of a thinkpad with such i2c access (though its possible there is one than can be legacy). -- Bruno Ducrot -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care. ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt