From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruno Ducrot Subject: Re: RFC [PATCH] acpi: allow SMBus access Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:22:52 +0200 Message-ID: <20060703082252.GC17014@poupinou.org> References: <17576.14005.767262.868190@phoenix.squirrel.nl> <200607030951.29345.luming.yu@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from poup.poupinou.org ([195.101.94.96]:44324 "EHLO poup.poupinou.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750893AbWGCIW5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 04:22:57 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200607030951.29345.luming.yu@intel.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Yu Luming Cc: Johan Vromans , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 09:51:29AM +0800, Yu Luming wrote: > On Monday 03 July 2006 05:12, Johan Vromans wrote: > > From: Johan Vromans > > > > To get battery readings on some laptops it is necessary to interface > > with the SMBus that hangs of the EC. However, the current > > implementation of the EC driver does not permit other modules > > read/write access. > > why NOT use ec_read/ec_write? Because ec_read/ec_write only handle one EC, maybe ? -- Bruno Ducrot -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care.