Re: New Smart Battery release (incl. updated embedded controller patches)

[Rich Townsend <rhdt-OBnUx95tOyn10jlvfTC4gA@public.gmane.org>]

Berthold Cogel wrote:
> Rich Townsend wrote:
> 
>>I'm pleased to announce that, after quite a long period of inactivity,
>>I've finally managed to grab enough spare time from the real world to
>>bring the SBS-CM (Smart Battery System/Control Method) project up to date.
>>
> 
> 
> I've just build linux-2.6.14 with SBS-CM, acpi-dsdt-initrd patch and
> suspend2 for my Acer Extensa 3002WLMi.
> I'm not shure wether the ec_burst parameter is still necessary or not.
> But in both cases there is an improvement compared to the situation I
> had before. There are still keyboard events missing, but now it's one
> out of 15 to 20 and not 2 to 4 out of 10.
> 
> There might be some issues with BIOS and the DSDT connected to the
> problem. I've compared the data from my Acer with some informations,
> Olaf Jansen-Olliges gave me. His system does not suffer from the
> 'missing key syndrome'.
> Olaf's Acer has BIOS version 3A08. Mine came (6 months ago) with BIOS
> version 3A10, which is still not available on the Acer website.
> And there are some minor diffs for the DSDT too. I don't know if it's a
> good idea, but I will try to modify the memory size information in the
> DSDT I got from Olaf, so I can test it with my system.
> 

You don't mention whether you've applied the acpi-ec-nospinlock patch. This 
patch is designed to remove lost interrupts completely. I know that Olaf has 
used this patch -- perhaps that is what you are missing.

As well as checking on this patch, could you send me the DSDT (undisassembled) 
so I can check it out.

cheers,

Rich


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