Re: 2.6.12-rc1-mm[1-3]: ACPI battery monitor does not work

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org>]

On Thursday, 26 of May 2005 06:23, Andrew Morton wrote:
> "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org> 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.
> > 
> 
> Are these problems still present in 2.6.12-rc5 or 2.6.12-rc5-mm1?

2.6.12-rc5 is unaffected, as it does not contain the patch that causes
the problem to appear.

The problem is still present in 2.6.12-rc5-mm1.  I have created a bugzilla entry
for it at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4665

Greets,
Rafael


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