Re: [ACPI] 2.6.12-rc1-mm[1-3]: ACPI battery monitor does not work

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

On Friday, 1 of April 2005 11:31, Yu, Luming wrote:
> 
> On Thursday 31 March 2005 16:44, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Wednesday, 30 of March 2005 12:05, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, 30 of March 2005 07:53, Yu, Luming wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 29 March 2005 17:56, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > There is a problem on my box (Asus L5D, x86-64 kernel) with the ACPI
> > > > > battery driver in the 2.6.12-rc1-mm[1-3] kernels.  Namely, the
> > > > > battery monitor that I use (the kpowersave applet from SUSE 9.2) is
> > > > > no longer able to report the battery status (ie how much % it is
> > > > > loaded).  It can only check if the AC power is connected (if it is
> > > > > connected, kpowersave behaves as though there was no battery in the
> > > > > box, and if it is not connected, kpowersave always shows that the
> > > > > battery is 1% loaded).
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, there are big latencies on loading and accessing the battery
> > > > > module, but the module loads successfully and there's nothing
> > > > > suspicious in dmesg.
> > > > >
> > > > > Please let me know if you need any additional information.
> > > > >
> > > > > Greets,
> > > > > Rafael
> > > >
> > > > Could you just revert ec-mode patch, then retest?
> > >
> > > Could you please point me to it?
> >
> > I assume you mean the "Enable EC Burst Mode" patch at:
> >
> > http://linux-acpi.bkbits.net:8080/to-akpm/cset%401.2181.17.12?nav=index.htm
> >l|ChangeSet@-2w
> >
> > Anyway, reverting this patch helps. :-)
> 
> Could you let me see Dmesg and  DSDT?

They are available at:

http://www.sisk.pl/kernel/050401/dmesg.out
http://www.sisk.pl/kernel/050401/dsdt

The dmesg output is from 2.6.12-rc1-mm4 with the patch reverted.

Greets,
Rafael
 

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