From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932253AbWG3Kha (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:37:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932252AbWG3Kha (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:37:30 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:53702 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932249AbWG3Kh3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:37:29 -0400 Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:37:15 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Shem Multinymous Cc: Vojtech Pavlik , "Brown, Len" , Matthew Garrett , kernel list , linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh , Mark Underwood , Jean Delvare Subject: Re: Generic battery interface Message-ID: <20060730103715.GD1920@elf.ucw.cz> References: <41840b750607271332q5dea0848y2284b30a48f78ea7@mail.gmail.com> <20060727232427.GA4907@suse.cz> <41840b750607271727q7efc0bb2q706a17654004cbbc@mail.gmail.com> <20060728074202.GA4757@suse.cz> <41840b750607280814x50db03erb30d833802ae983e@mail.gmail.com> <20060728202359.GB5313@suse.cz> <41840b750607281548h5ee2219eka1de6745b692c092@mail.gmail.com> <41840b750607291406p2f843054rc89fa1c3c467688d@mail.gmail.com> <20060730100559.GA1920@elf.ucw.cz> <41840b750607300334g2e9cbd56i2b4e5bad285e09c0@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41840b750607300334g2e9cbd56i2b4e5bad285e09c0@mail.gmail.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > >Are there any plans at merging tp_smapi, BTW? After fixing few minor > >details (like removing " mV" from files)... it looks like it would fit > >into hwmon infrastructure rather nicely. > > Yes, it will definitely be submitted once stable. We're still tweaking > some stuff, such as whitelisting (see "[PATCH] DMI: Decode and save > OEM String information"). Please avoid this trap. You probably want to submit it early. "Submit once stable" is dangerous: cleanups needed while submitting sometimes make the whole work unstable, again. > Is "hwmon" suitable for something that *contols* battery charging too, > and might have extra attributes tacked on as we unravel additional > ThinkPad firmware capabilities? I'd say it is okay. AFAICT, hwmon can already control fan. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html