Was: Re: UBUNTU - acpi battery on ACER TRAVELMATE 4000 WLMI

[Berthold Cogel <cogel@rrz.uni-koeln.de>]

Johan Vromans wrote:

> I too run Linux (Fedora Core) on a TravelMate 4001WLMi[1]. I needed to
> change the DSDT since it returned the wrong values for the processor
> speeds (!) which, I have been assured, is not an uncommon problem. No
> other changes were necessary. In fact, I could have continued using
> the unmodified DSDT except for the frequencey scaling.
> 
> For the smart battery, I use the original, EC based implementation by
> Rich Townsend, and it works like a charm.
> 
> Later (AFAIK) Rich went to a DSDT-based approach of the smart battery
> problem. I personally prefer the EC based version.
> 

Hello!

The latest patch from the sbs-linux (Rich Townsend) project works only
for kernel versions up to 2.6.15.x for my Acer Extensa 3002 WLMi.

What is the recommended way to solve the problem with the smart battery
for newer kernels?

Regards
Berthold