From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933116Ab3BSPP4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:15:56 -0500 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:41651 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932551Ab3BSPPz (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:15:55 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,696,1355126400"; d="scan'208";a="289085898" Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:20:08 +0200 From: "Westerberg, Mika" To: "Pallala, Ramakrishna" Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "Zhang, Rui" Subject: Re: How to populate Battery information through ACPI tables Message-ID: <20130219152008.GG2439@intel.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 03:07:57PM +0000, Pallala, Ramakrishna wrote: > I am trying to populate battery related information through ACPI tables > and do battery management through non acpi drivers. Can you tell or > point me on how to populate the ACPI tables in FW/BIOS and get them in > OS? I am new to ACPI world. You should start by reading Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt. Also can you describe with bit more details, what you are trying to do? A new battery driver that is enumerated from ACPI namespace, perhaps? Do you have a DSDT table in hand which we could take a peek?