From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yu Luming Subject: Re: RFC [PATCH] acpi: allow SMBus access Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 09:51:29 +0800 Message-ID: <200607030951.29345.luming.yu@intel.com> References: <17576.14005.767262.868190@phoenix.squirrel.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:60511 "EHLO orsmga101-1.jf.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750885AbWGCBq2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jul 2006 21:46:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <17576.14005.767262.868190@phoenix.squirrel.nl> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Johan Vromans Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org 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? -- Thanks, Luming