On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 22:57:34 +0200 Johan Vromans wrote:
> 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
On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 14:10:15 -0700 Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 22:57:34 +0200 Johan Vromans wrote:
>
> > 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 per
"Randy.Dunlap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> a. patch should also be sent to linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org (cc-ed)
> b. patch does not apply cleanly to latest kernel
> c. missing Signed-off-by: line (see Documentation/SubmittingPatches)
> d. incorrect patch filename directory level (see Submittin
On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 10:41:56 +0200 Johan Vromans wrote:
> "Randy.Dunlap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > a. patch should also be sent to linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org (cc-ed)
> > b. patch does not apply cleanly to latest kernel
> > c. missing Signed-off-by: line (see Documentation/SubmittingPat
From: Johan Vromans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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/writ
On Monday 03 July 2006 05:12, Johan Vromans wrote:
> From: Johan Vromans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> 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/wr
On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 11:12:21PM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote:
> From: Johan Vromans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> 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 modu
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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > To get battery readings on some laptops it is necessary to interface
> > with the SMBus that hangs of the EC. However, the current
> >
Bruno Ducrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I don't think this patch is correct, or else I would have already
> asked this patch being added to mainline.
You've been standing at the origins of where this patch came from. Can
you provide a better alternative?
-- Johan
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On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 01:14:22PM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote:
> Bruno Ducrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I don't think this patch is correct, or else I would have already
> > asked this patch being added to mainline.
>
> You've been standing at the origins of where this patch came from. Ca
Bruno Ducrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I wanted to provide a real bus access via the EC driver, including
> the interrupt driven ones.
Yes, that would be the right way to go. But it is a longer term
solution and AFAIK noone is currently working on it.
In the mean time, several users can bene
On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 10:09:06AM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote:
> Bruno Ducrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I wanted to provide a real bus access via the EC driver, including
> > the interrupt driven ones.
>
> Yes, that would be the right way to go. But it is a longer term
> solution and AFAI
Bruno Ducrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> An intermediate solution would be to use the already existing
> ec_read|write instead of the one you want to use. The original
> SMBus driver used acpi_ec_read because the author wanted to be
> sure that driver will support laptops with more than one EC,
Johan Vromans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Progress!
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/1/76
-- Johan
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