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

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

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.html|ChangeSet@-2w

Anyway, reverting this patch helps. :-)

Greets,
Rafael


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