From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rich Townsend Subject: Re: Smart Battery System driver Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:38:55 -0500 Message-ID: <41E8BA7F.7080707@bartol.udel.edu> References: <41E81C2C.8010809@bartol.udel.edu> <1105747983.7368.3.camel@tyrosine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1105747983.7368.3.camel@tyrosine> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Matthew Garrett Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 14:23 -0500, Rich Townsend wrote: > > >>...provides access to the SBS via a new /proc/acpi/sbs interface, and >>also provides a "legacy" /proc/acpi/battery interface that current >>battery-monitoring tools can access. This driver depends on Bruno's >>i2c-acpi-ec driver, which I have included with my source code since a >>couple of bug fixes were necessary. > > > One thing I've been meaning to ask - several Thinkpads have an > interesting design issue, whereby reading certain smbus addresses can > render the machine unbootable without a motherboard replacement. As a > result, i2c-piix refuses to load on Thinkpads. Does something similar > need to be done for i2c-acpi-ec, or does it only provide i2c access to > devices connected to the embedded controller? > My gut instinct would be that the i2c-acpi-ec SBMus host in the embedded controller is distinct from the i2c-piix SMBus host in the southbridge. But I really am very new to all of this, and gut instinct won't bring a dead Thinkpad back to life. I would sit tight until someone with deeper knowledge says "yay or nay". cheers, Rich ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt