From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: [ACPI] 2.6.12-rc1-mm[1-3]: ACPI battery monitor does not work Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:44:58 +0200 Message-ID: <200503311044.58673.rjw@sisk.pl> References: <200503291156.19112.rjw@sisk.pl> <200503301353.25492.luming.yu@intel.com> <200503301205.40555.rjw@sisk.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200503301205.40555.rjw@sisk.pl> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: luming.yu@intel.com Cc: acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, LKML List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Wednesday, 30 of March 2005 12:05, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Wednesday, 30 of March 2005 07:53, Yu, Luming wrote: > > On Tuesday 29 March 2005 17:56, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > There is a problem on my box (Asus L5D, x86-64 kernel) with the ACPI > > > battery driver in the 2.6.12-rc1-mm[1-3] kernels. Namely, the battery > > > monitor that I use (the kpowersave applet from SUSE 9.2) is no longer able > > > to report the battery status (ie how much % it is loaded). It can only > > > check if the AC power is connected (if it is connected, kpowersave behaves > > > as though there was no battery in the box, and if it is not connected, > > > kpowersave always shows that the battery is 1% loaded). > > > > > > Also, there are big latencies on loading and accessing the battery module, > > > but the module loads successfully and there's nothing suspicious in dmesg. > > > > > > Please let me know if you need any additional information. > > > > > > Greets, > > > Rafael > > > > Could you just revert ec-mode patch, then retest? > > Could you please point me to it? I assume you mean the "Enable EC Burst Mode" patch at: http://linux-acpi.bkbits.net:8080/to-akpm/cset%401.2181.17.12?nav=index.html|ChangeSet@-2w Anyway, reverting this patch helps. :-) Greets, Rafael -- - Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? - That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. -- Lewis Carroll "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"