[tlinux-users:07800] Re: acpi-sbs (satellite L10-205)

thanks, I didn't bother translating it indeed. the command lines would be 
sufficient for a linux terminal user :). i applied the patch and here comes 
the the battery monitor again. 

someone has to put these lines on a page, but another debate forks out: 
there's no need to learn any more languages while there's the internet and of 
course the googling. 

serhan


On Monday 24 April 2006 10:09, Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote:
> 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
> ------------------------------------------------
> 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!
>
>
> [*]
> http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.capponcino.i
>t/alessio/linux_on_joybook-S53/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.capponcino.it/
>alessio/linux_on_joybook-S53/%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
>
> 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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