From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rich Townsend Subject: Re: New Smart Battery release (incl. updated embedded controller patches) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 22:11:10 -0500 Message-ID: <437951CE.7060708@bartol.udel.edu> References: <4376BD90.5080603@bartol.udel.edu> <43791753.2030004@rrz.uni-koeln.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <43791753.2030004-F8dkAKZEjLURtNtAH2Wc8g@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: Berthold Cogel Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.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 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click