[tlinux-users:07799] Re: acpi-sbs (satellite L10-205)

Quick and dirty translation (actually, I am Spanish and I don't speak 
italian at all ;), with some help from google[*]. Also, you may wish to 
contact the original author if you have any doubts since I may have 
misunderstood important sentences.

http://www.capponcino.it/alessio/linux_on_joybook-S53/#sbs
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Thanks to the work of the amazing KesieV, who has resumed the abandoned 
  SBS (Smart Battery) project and has adapted it to the kernel 2.6.16.

I promise everything works perfectly now...it is not even required to 
replace the DSDT table.

First, download the file acpi_sbs-20060419-kesiev.tar.bz2 provided by 
KesieV. Uncompress the file and apply the patch to kernel 2.6.16

# patch /path-to-linux-sources/drivers/acpi/ec.c 
/path-to-acpi_sbs-xxxxxxxx/patch-sbs-2.6.16.diff

If you encounter problems applying the patch, you may also just copy the 
files already patched by KesieV from the bz2 file.

# cp -v /path-to-acpi_sbs-xxxxxxxx/ec.c /path-to-linux-sources/drivers/acpi/

Next, recompile the kernel taking care of *disabling* the modules ac and 
battery. You may use my own configuration. Now, compile the module in 
the bz2 archive with:

# cd /path-to-acpi_sbs-xxxxxxxx/
# make && make install

Now, reboot the computer just to be sure and during startup, load the 
modules as soon as possible:

#/sbin/modprobe i2c_acpi_ec
#/sbin/modprobe acpi_sbs

dmesg should show something similar to:
  base: 0x18 alert: 0x20
i2c-acpi-ec.c: ACPI EC SMBus adapter at 0x18
eth1: link down
ACPI: Smart Battery System [SBS0]
ACPI: Smart Battery Charger [SBC]
ACPI: Smart Battery Selector [SBSEL]
ACPI: Smart Battery Slot [SB0] (battery present)

Check out the directories /proc/acpi/battery/ and /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ 
and enjoy!!!

In order to automatically load the modules during startup, add the 
relevant lines to your rc.local scripts. Now you can see your precious 
battery from KDE!


[*] 
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Cheers,
	Manuel.

Serhan Danis wrote:
> hi,
> 
> has anyone found/tried the patch of sbs batteries for the 2.6.16 kernel?
> there was a kernel patch for the 2.6.15's. i found the sources of the module 
> again to modprobe. (patch kernel - compile kernel - make && make install the 
> modules / modprobe i2c-acpi-ec & acpi-sbs )
> 
> the page is in italian, and i don't understand what it says between the 
> command lines. 
> http://www.capponcino.it/alessio/linux_on_joybook-S53/
> 
> any experiences?
> 
> serhan
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