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

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

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,
> 

is there a good method to find out if one has a smartbattery?

it could help people in the forums and in the mailing lists to find out if they 
have one or not.

a deterministic method to find it out would be very useful.

I can't write one, but if I would try, I'd start by trying to ask for the device 
presence to the ACPI layer. Is it possible to do this from userland? is there a 
better way?

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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