From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruno Ducrot Subject: Re: smartbattery support Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:58:42 +0200 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20041012165842.GC23992@poupinou.org> References: <16A54BF5D6E14E4D916CE26C9AD30575457124@pdsmsx402.ccr.corp.intel.com> <4166EC29.8070006@mega.ist.utl.pt> <20041011094935.GA23992@poupinou.org> <416AD2B3.9050403@mega.ist.utl.pt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <416AD2B3.9050403-aHmAgkVUFT6Joy8PIJZ9VA@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Pedro Venda Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 07:36:35PM +0100, Pedro Venda wrote: > why did you stop developing the module? 1- I haven't real use for it (I searched actually something else, related to the LCD backlight at that time), 2- it's very slow compared to a well wrotten EC firmware which will cache the information needed for batteries and expose them in the EC register space, so I thought no bios developper would use this at least for modern laptops. Cheers, -- Bruno Ducrot -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl