From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pedro Venda Subject: smartbattery support Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 22:00:29 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <41630B6D.2000107@mega.ist.utl.pt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org hi everyone, i decided to change the subject so that the thread could more easily be followed by others. i read some things also, but i disagree with christian. i think that smbus patch is not the way to go. don't get me wrong! i'm also just scratching the surface. for what i read, those patches put smbus bios support into the kernel. i feel that the i2c approach would be much more productive. now i have some doubts... 1. is this a "sensor" i2c driver? i mean, should we find help with the lmsensors team? there are some debugging tools for i2c developed by the lm-sensors people (i guess). this document (http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/lm_sensors2/doc/chips/SUMMARY) refers some smartbattery support, but i don't think it solves our problem. 2. what exactly should the i2c driver do? should it just know the smartbattery address and ask generic questions made by userland programs? or should it do all the work and retrive charge rates and capacity information and such? enough questions for now. again, don't take me wrong. it is possible that i am thinking in a totally wrong direction. regards, pedro venda. ------------------------------------------------------- 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