Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 03:11:43 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Nate Lawson <njl@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpica acpi_smbat.c acpi_smbus.h Message-ID: <20051025031002.B911@odysseus.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <200510230020.j9N0KD4g046756@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200510230020.j9N0KD4g046756@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005, Nate Lawson wrote: > njl 2005-10-23 00:20:13 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Added files: > sys/dev/acpica acpi_smbat.c acpi_smbus.h > Log: > Import ACPI smart battery support. Newer systems (Acer, mostly) do not > support the CM-battery interface. Smart batteries can eventually be > supported without ACPI via a separate SMBus interface. The ACPI interface > uses the embedded controller for reading/writing to the SMBus, and normal > ASL definitions for locating the battery controller (since SMBus can't be > enumerated.) Also import definitions for the smart battery interface. > > This was written by Hans Petter Selasky with minor cleanups from myself. Nice, I've been waiting for this for a while. Well, sorta waiting. It turns out that the battery life on my Acer Pentium M laptop is so good that I can estimate when it'll run out mentally. "Has it been more than 2 hours since I wandered away from an outlet? Hm, maybe I should return." Now I just have to wait for this to be MFC'd to RELENG_6. :) Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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