Re: Smart batteries and Acer: list of affected models needed

Pedro Venda
2004-11-23T21:39:13Z

Karol Kozimor wrote:
> Hi,
> It's likely that I'll get my employer's backing for writing the smart
> battery driver. However, I need the hardware to begin with, and since Acer
> Poland is playing hard to get, I need a possibly complete list of all Acer
> laptops affected in case they have at least one of them to spare for a
> month or two. Here's those I know of already:
> Travelmate 4001WLMi (being phased out, they won't let us have it)
> Travelmate 8005LMi (supposedly the same as above)
> Travelmate 4501WCi
> Travelmate 292 (Extensa 2920) (AFAIK phased out)
> Extensa 3001 (N/A)
>
> I'm not sure how much longer we'll be able to bug Acer, so I need a couple
> of models that are 100% sure to contain a smart battery. I'd be a shame to
> finally manage to get a notebook only to send it back just after.
>
> Alternatively, I'd appreciate a contact address to one of Acer's engineers
> or anyone capable of providing any useful information.
> Best regards,
>

the smart battery driver is one of my projects, but I don't have the time to dedicate to it, so I guess it'll be eternally delayed.

however, I can try to help on anything, either code writing and/or testing. Please note that I am an ABSOLUTE newbie as far as kernel programming is concerned. I've written a kernel module (very, very
simple) to learn about some kernel interfaces. Also I've read some ACPI and smartbattery specs, but nothing i could use today.

In just a few words, I am 100% willing to help writing/testing the smartbattery driver. I'm glad I'm not the only one needing it and that the driver can one day exist.

regards,
pedro venda.

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Pedro João Lopes Venda
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