Re: Re: Acer Travermate 8005 and battery info

Pavel Machek
2004-10-07T13:41:21Z

Hi!

> > i'll start studying i2c to find out the smbus "address" (sorry if this
> > is a dumb mistake) and try to scan it for the smart battery.
>
> Some code already exists - the lm_sensors package
> (http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/) includes the "smartbatt" module.
> However, it is for 2.4.x kernels, therefore some porting work will be
> needed to use it on 2.6.x.

Parts of lm_sensors were merged to 2.6.X, already. If code is clean enough,
chances of inclusion into mainline are quite good...
Pavel
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