From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?q?St=C3=A9phane_Guedon?= Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:01:07 +0000 Subject: Re: udev and acer batteries Message-Id: <201008142001.09086.stephane@22decembre.eu> MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="nextPart5080945.3v1ajZ7Zs8" List-Id: References: <201008111908.37155.stephane@22decembre.eu> In-Reply-To: <201008111908.37155.stephane@22decembre.eu> To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org --nextPart5080945.3v1ajZ7Zs8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le Friday 13 August 2010 22:40:14, vous avez =C3=A9crit : > I've been looking into ACPI on laptops and have noticed the battery info = is > usually cached by the BIOS. The battery status/presence won't get updated > unless you plug/unplug the power cord if the battery is fully charged. >=20 > --jordan hargrave > Dell Enterprise Linux Engineering >=20 >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-hotplug-owner@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:linux-hotplug-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Curtis Gedak > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 4:24 PM > To: St=C3=A9phane Guedon > Cc: martin.pitt@ubuntu.com; linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: udev and acer batteries >=20 > Hi St=C3=A9phane, >=20 > Even if your BIOS does not show a setting for batteries, it might still > contain controls for your laptop batteries. >=20 > I have an Acer Aspire One AOA-110-1812 and had to upgrade my BIOS due to > a battery charging problem that was fixed by a BIOS upgrade. >=20 > This is the note regarding the problem for my Acer netbook: > http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/12/acer-aspire-one-bios-3309.html >=20 > Regards, > Curtis Gedak >=20 > St=C3=A9phane Guedon wrote: > > I have nothing in my bios concerning batteries ! >=20 > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" = in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html So, do you think there is a way to retrieve this information ? A module to load, a specific option to the kernel, a script to run ? Sorry, I forgot to say my laptop model : acer aspire 7730z, this avoid (I=20 think ? don't know !) your remark from your blog ! Regards =2D-=20 St=C3=A9phane Guedon page web : http://www.22decembre.eu/ carte de visite : http://www.22decembre.eu/downloads/Stephane-Guedon.vcf cl=C3=A9 publique gpg : http://www.22decembre.eu/downloads/Stephane-Guedon.= asc --nextPart5080945.3v1ajZ7Zs8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkxm2eQACgkQuOgaSVDV+yDaEQCfW/ARsg+rj2PqCehCF7y3IKFE biIAoM7pzOmSB+HK/4UnF89tyogsUhWD =sl7m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart5080945.3v1ajZ7Zs8--