From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johan Vromans Subject: Re: New SmartBattery DSDT-based controller Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 22:42:19 +0100 Message-ID: References: <41FBDDE2.1050403@bartol.udel.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <41FBDDE2.1050403-OBnUx95tOyn10jlvfTC4gA@public.gmane.org> (Rich Townsend's message of "Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:02:58 -0500") 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: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Rich Townsend writes: > 1) Direct fiddling with the SMBus registers that make up part of the EC > address space. This is what Bruno Ducrot's i2c-acpi-ec module was for: > it exposed kernel-space functions to allow one to perform the required > fiddling. My acpi-sbs module then used these functions to examine the > status of the smart battery. Actually, I think this approach has it attractive sides as well. I'm currently using your acpi-sbs snapshot of 20050120. Did you produce anything better before you switched to the DSDT approach? -- Johan ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl