SMBus access

[Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl>]

To get battery readings on some laptops it is necessary to interface
with the SMBus that hangs of the EC. However, the current
implementation of the EC driver does not permit other modules 
read/write access. 

A trivial solution is to change acpi_ec_read/write from static to
nonstatic, and export the symbols so other modules can use them.

Would there be any objections to apply this change?

-- Johan

--- drivers/acpi/ec.c~	2006-04-17 13:40:49.000000000 +0200
+++ drivers/acpi/ec.c	2006-04-22 17:49:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -305,20 +305,22 @@
 }
 #endif /* ACPI_FUTURE_USAGE */
 
-static int acpi_ec_read(union acpi_ec *ec, u8 address, u32 * data)
+int acpi_ec_read(union acpi_ec *ec, u8 address, u32 * data)
 {
 	if (acpi_ec_poll_mode)
 		return acpi_ec_poll_read(ec, address, data);
 	else
 		return acpi_ec_intr_read(ec, address, data);
 }
-static int acpi_ec_write(union acpi_ec *ec, u8 address, u8 data)
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_ec_read);
+int acpi_ec_write(union acpi_ec *ec, u8 address, u8 data)
 {
 	if (acpi_ec_poll_mode)
 		return acpi_ec_poll_write(ec, address, data);
 	else
 		return acpi_ec_intr_write(ec, address, data);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_ec_write);
 static int acpi_ec_poll_read(union acpi_ec *ec, u8 address, u32 * data)
 {
 	acpi_status status = AE_OK;