Frans Pop wrote:
> Jeff Chua wrote:
>> Just pulled latest linux-2.6, and couldn't get ACPI to detect
>> ACPI_BATTERY and ACPI_AC.
>>
>> It seems ACPI POWER_SUPPLY is still missing.
>
> I had the same problem. It turns out you need to enable
> drivers -> Power supply class support
> (either built in or as module) to get ACPI AC/Battery support.
>
> I must say that having these relatively top-level ACPI settings depending on something that is relatively buried away is not very intuitive!
> Especially not since at first glance you don't really seem to need that option except for some weird hardware.
>
> CC'ing ACPI mailing list for other opinions.
I was thinking that 'select' might be more appropriate here...
Please take a look on attached patch.
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ACPI: use select POWER_SUPPLY for AC, BATTERY and SBS
From: Alexey Starikovskiy <[email protected]>
POWER_SUPPLY is needed for AC, battery, and SBS sysfs support.
Use 'select' instead of 'depends on', as it is will not be selected
by anything else, leading to confusion.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy <[email protected]>
---
drivers/acpi/Kconfig | 8 +++++---
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
index 5d0e26a..ecd87d7 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ config ACPI_PROC_EVENT
config ACPI_AC
tristate "AC Adapter"
- depends on X86 && POWER_SUPPLY
+ depends on X86
+ select POWER_SUPPLY
default y
help
This driver adds support for the AC Adapter object, which indicates
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ config ACPI_AC
config ACPI_BATTERY
tristate "Battery"
- depends on X86 && POWER_SUPPLY
+ depends on X86
+ select POWER_SUPPLY
default y
help
This driver adds support for battery information through
@@ -352,7 +354,7 @@ config ACPI_HOTPLUG_MEMORY
config ACPI_SBS
tristate "Smart Battery System"
depends on X86
- depends on POWER_SUPPLY
+ select POWER_SUPPLY
help
This driver adds support for the Smart Battery System, another
type of access to battery information, found on some laptops.
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