From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David =?utf-8?B?R8OzbWV6?= Subject: Re: New Smart Battery release (incl. updated embedded controller patches) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 22:34:05 +0100 Message-ID: <20051114213405.GA1846@fargo> References: <4376BD90.5080603@bartol.udel.edu> <200511141805.54633.luming.yu@intel.com> <20051114121512.GB1570@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051114121512.GB1570-I/5MKhXcvmPrBKCeMvbIDA@public.gmane.org> 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: Pavel Machek Cc: "Yu, Luming" , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Rich Townsend List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi Pavel, On Nov 14 at 01:15:12, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Nice to see update on smart battery. > > I'm curious if you plan to have a smart battery driver without > > hacking DSDT. >=20 > I think that such support existed some time ago. IIRC resolution was > that the support should really be in DSDT. But that means that you need to use a patched DSDT, and in consequence use initrd to get Smart Battery support, isn't it? In that case it'd be good to have support for smart batteries in the kernel without forcing to use initrd. regards, --=20 David G=C3=B3mez Jabber ID: davidge@= jabber.org ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Downl= oad it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php