From: Bruno Ducrot <ducrot@poupinou.org>
To: Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC [PATCH] acpi: allow SMBus access
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:22:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060703082217.GB17014@poupinou.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17576.14005.767262.868190@phoenix.squirrel.nl>
On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 11:12:21PM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote:
> From: Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl>
>
> To get battery readings on some laptops it is necessary to interface
> with the SMBus that hangs of the EC. However, the current
> implementation of the EC driver does not permit other modules
> read/write access.
>
> A trivial solution is to change acpi_ec_read/write from static to
> nonstatic, and export the symbols so other modules can use them.
>
> This patch is based on the current 2.6.17 kernel sources.
I don't think this patch is correct, or else I would have already
asked this patch being added to mainline.
--
Bruno Ducrot
-- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy?
-- Don't know. Don't care.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-03 8:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-02 21:12 Johan Vromans
2006-07-03 1:51 ` Yu Luming
2006-07-03 8:22 ` Bruno Ducrot
2006-07-03 8:22 ` Bruno Ducrot [this message]
2006-07-03 11:14 ` Johan Vromans
2006-07-03 12:51 ` Bruno Ducrot
2006-07-04 8:09 ` Johan Vromans
2006-07-04 9:35 ` Bruno Ducrot
2006-07-04 11:44 ` Johan Vromans
2006-07-06 13:58 ` Johan Vromans
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