Re: i2c-acpi-ec.c

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

Mathias Weyland wrote:
> Hi

hello,

> My girlfriend bought a new notebook and asked me to install linux on it
> (she's fearing viruses ect.). It's an acer tm 2303lc and I installed a
> recent kernel on it. I was quite astonished when I got an empty
> /proc/acpi/battery, so I checked the dsdt but couldn't find any errors.

yes, from what I've found, smartbatteries are much more efficient than standard 
ones, so that's probably a good thing. I like to think so, since I have one.

> After some time of googling, I read something about smartbatteries. I
> checked my asl code, and yes, I do have one of those smartbattery-things in
> front of me. That's quite a problem since my girlfriend will probably kill
> me when I tell her that battery monitoring is not working.

be prepared :-)

> I've read in the acpi4linux list that you took Bruno's old code and that you
> are working on a driver. So I wanted to ask whether you need any help (don't 
> expect too much, I'm writing simulations for computional science and
> I do only have some minor knowledge of kernel programming (with a 2.0
> codebase) and how far you got now.

I started to learn about kernel programming and i2c, smb, acpi etc, but I'm 
constantly interrupted because of academic work. So I've no time to efficiently 
develop such beast. Beast because of my no-experience in kernel programming and 
related subsystems.

About bruno's driver, I really don't remember well what I've done. I remember 
correctly addressing the smartbattery and getting some very basic information. 
nothing useful. I was happy for actually finding and talking to a smart battery 
though :-)

My standpoint right now is about the same as you. I'm offering help but won't 
author a driver because I'm unable to find enough free time.

regards,
pedro venda.

p.s.: I CC'd this reply to the acpi-devel mailing list. It's the place where you 
want to offer help. there are a couple of people that already have offered 
themselves to help.
-- 

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


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