From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pedro Venda Subject: Re: patched sms-cm acpi/ec.c to 2.6.11.5 Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:03:41 +0000 Message-ID: <423F52CD.7080402@arrakis.dhis.org> References: <423EF2EB.5030505@arrakis.dhis.org> <423F43A8.90005@tiscali.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <423F43A8.90005-IWqWACnzNjyZIoH1IeqzKA@public.gmane.org> 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: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois_Valenduc?= Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hello francois, Fran=E7ois Valenduc wrote: | I tried this patch and it doens't work very well. First, the kernel | takes a very long time to boot. I have to wait more than 30 seconds to | see the first kernel messages appear. I've also experienced this initial delay, but mine didn't take AT ALL 30 = seconds. 5 perhaps but not 30. I'm still trying to figure this out. with me it hap= pens immediately at kernel boot. no messages, just a black screen. after a whi= le, the kernel boots normally as if it just began booting. | Second, it takes also a long time | to load the ac and battery modules. It correctly detects the AC status | and the presence of the battery. Nevertheless, I can never get the | battery charge level (or maybe after a too long time and I didn't wait | enough). sorry, didn't happen here. this behaviour I could explain with a buggy pa= tch. you see, since the latest rich's patch didn't apply, I looked at it and i= mplemented the same changes on the current drivers/acpi/ec.c, so I could have ruined= it. basically I switched the lock struct member with a semaphore and replaced= every spinlock call by a corresponding semaphore call. | Finally, it causes problem with USB support (or maybe only with | the usblp module). Here below is an extract of dmesg showing the proble= m: that's new. I'm just using an usb mouse on the laptop... | So it seems there is still some work needed to get sbs-cm patch working | correctly. indeed. the problem is that I'm not experienced in kernel programming and rich townsend is currently pursuing another path to support smart-batteri= es. thanks for your bug reports. Not sure if I'll be able to help you though. regards, pedro venda. - -- Pedro Jo=E3o Lopes Venda email: pjvenda < at > arrakis.dhis.org http://arrakis.dhis.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCP1LNeRy7HWZxjWERAhMIAJ4lR4Xn1ctA+GCWjQyX+Cee6kehgwCg+RHv hOR2oUDE32Z8g9fCmqe4iQ8=3D =3D8Jm2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click