From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262681AbVDAJvi (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2005 04:51:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262682AbVDAJvi (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2005 04:51:38 -0500 Received: from grendel.digitalservice.pl ([217.67.200.140]:15010 "HELO mail.digitalservice.pl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262681AbVDAJvb (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2005 04:51:31 -0500 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: ACPI mailing list Subject: Re: [ACPI] 2.6.12-rc1-mm[1-3]: ACPI battery monitor does not work Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 11:51:48 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: <200503291156.19112.rjw@sisk.pl> <200503311044.58673.rjw@sisk.pl> <200504011731.16467.luming.yu@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <200504011731.16467.luming.yu@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200504011151.48468.rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: LKML Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 -- - Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? - That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. -- Lewis Carroll "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"