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Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:22:52 +0200
To: Yu Luming <luming.yu@intel.com>
Cc: Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: RFC [PATCH] acpi: allow SMBus access
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From: Bruno Ducrot <ducrot@poupinou.org>
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On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 09:51:29AM +0800, Yu Luming wrote:
> On Monday 03 July 2006 05:12, 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.
> 
> why NOT use ec_read/ec_write?

Because ec_read/ec_write only handle one EC, maybe ?

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