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

[Pedro Venda <pjlv-aHmAgkVUFT6Joy8PIJZ9VA@public.gmane.org>]

Ultrakorne wrote:
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> Karol Kozimor wrote:
> | Hi,
> | It's likely that I'll get my employer's backing for writing the smart
> | battery driver.
> 
> in my dsdt disassembled i get 3 warning... and it contain those lines
> "Name(_HID,"ACPI0001")", "Name(_HID,"ACPI0002")"
> meaning i have a smart battery
> my model as i say is a travelmate 4501 lci
> 
> can someone tell me where and what documents are a good read (kernel
> module, acpi, smart battery...), if someone already have collect some
> material this should be fine. my hope is helping the development...

hi,

from what I've collected so far, (probably) the best place to start 
learning is the acpi specification. it's a good information source if 
you already know something about kernel programming.

http://www.acpi.info/spec20c.htm

the next best source of information is probably in the sbs-if forum 
(smart battery system implementers forum).

http://www.sbs-forum.org/specs/sbsm100b.pdf

you'll have do dig in and find out what's useful and what's not.

good luck. for you, for me and for the other smart battery driver 
developers.

regards,
pedro venda.

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Pedro João Lopes Venda
email: pjlv-aHmAgkVUFT6Joy8PIJZ9VA@public.gmane.org
http://arrakis.dhis.org


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