[tlinux-users:07302] Re: ACPI problems with a Sattelite L10

On Thursday 29 September 2005 06:49 am, Fred Thiele wrote:
> > Well, I already know the gentoo doc and the ACPI linux
> > ACPI project, but the problem is elsewhere. The DSDT
> > itself is uncomplete, not buggy but uncomplete. The
> > Toshiba Windows XP provides 2 drivers for the battery
> > management.
>
> Hello,
>
> I am not that deeply involved in acpi hacking, but i managed to get sbs
> working in GNU/Linux using an older patch than the one presented under
>
>     https://sourceforge.net/projects/sbs-linux/
>
> The above didn't work for may L10. I attached two files to this mail. Do
> the following to get it working within your linux.
>
> * acpi_sbs-20050120.tar.gz
> * acpi_sbs-20050120-Toshiba-L10-Patch.diff
>
> The second one is a div/0-bug patch written by myself, you have to apply
> it the the sources in the tar.gz: (do a
>
>     patch -p1 < /path/to/acpi_sbs-2005-0120-Toshiba-L10-Patch.diff
>
> in the extracted tar.gz. Hope you can make use of it ;-)
>
> Here I am again. I recently installed a new Gentoo-Linux on my L10 and
> again ran into the smart-battery-system issue within it. What to do:
>
> 0) Unpack and apply the patch i have attached to this email
>     - unpack it into a temporary folder ~/tmp/ or so
>
> 1) Get a new Kernel
>     - as i dont know what system you run i can't tell you what to take
>     - just have a look for a kernel 2.6.XX, where XX is 10 and above (as
>       for me i have a 2.6.12 running) -- you need the SOURCES!
>
> 2) Patch the Kernel with the patch above
>     - run:  cd /usr/src/linux
>     - then: patch -p1 < ~/tmp/acpi_sbs-20050120/acpi-ec-2.6.10.diff
>       - this does some changes in the kernels acpi-stuff concerning the
>         smart battery systems
>
> 3) Configure necessary kernel options
>     - run: cd /usr/src/linux ; make menuconfig
>     - de-select "AC Adapter" and "Battery" in ACPI_SUPPORT=20
>         - we apply our own acpi drivers with that patch above, so the
>           kernel ones have to be excluded
>     - in "Device Driver"/"I2C-Support" select:
>         - I2C-suppor
>         - I2C-device interface
>
> 4) Now compile your kernel, i hope you have some experiences with it--
> as i dont know what system you are running i cannot provide you help on
> what special things you need to include in the kernel.
>
>     - run: make && make modules_install
>     - then mount your /boot partition (if you have a separate /boot)
>       with: mount /boot
>       and do an: make install
>     - or you can do the install stuff by hand: just copy over the
>       System.map and arch/i386/boot/bzImage over to your /boot and ajust
>       your grub.conf ore lilo.conf to point to the new kernel-image
>
> At this point you should check if your kernel does really work. Reboot.
>
> 5) If everything went well you should now compile the sbs-drivers:
>     - cd ~/tmp/acpi_sbs-20050120/
>     - make && make install
>         - this will build the modules and install them to your
>           /lib/modules/ directory, where all the kernel-modules reside
>
> 6) Now you should be able to get acpi information on your smart
> batteries:
>     - do a:     modprobe i2c-acpi-ec
>     - and a:    modprobe acpi_sbs
>     - check your proc for battery and ac-adapter status:
>         - cat /proc/acpi/sbs/SBS0/SB0/state=20
>         - cat /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/AC0/state

Would any of these patches work on a A75?

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Howard Coles Jr.
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