Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 14:14:05 -0400 From: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: Takanori Watanabe <takawata@init-main.com> Subject: Re: Porting code from the Linux ibm-acpi sourceforge package Message-ID: <20050510141405.A61946@cons.org> In-Reply-To: <20050509032645.4F8135D07@ptavv.es.net>; from oberman@es.net on Sun, May 08, 2005 at 08:26:45PM -0700 References: <427E7AA9.6040703@root.org> <20050509032645.4F8135D07@ptavv.es.net>
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> FreeBSD ATA has supported bus detach since ATAng (whenever that was). I > have had no problem detaching ATA bus 1 and removing the drive (CD or > HD) in the bay and replacing it with another or with a battery. Of > course, it MUST be dismounted before the detach or a panic is to be > expected. > > Also, if you use a second battery, you must have it in the system at > boot time or it won't be seen, used, or even charged. If you boot with > the battery, you can: > atacontrol detach 1 > remove the battery > insert a disk drive > atacontrol attach 1 > use the disk and dismount it. > atacontrol detach 1 > remove the disk > insert the battery > Battery will be seen and used Thank you! This works from a detchament/attachment standpoint. However, after booting with the secondary battery, the battery is seen and it says "charging", but the charge never goes above 0% (output of apm(1), not sure how to see than in ACPI). Any clues? Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ No warranty. This email is probably produced by one of my cats stepping on the keys. No, I don't have an infinite number of cats.
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