From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 14 19:34:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32E1E16A4CE for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:34:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailhub01.unibe.ch (mailhub01.unibe.ch [130.92.9.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC9E743D46 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:34:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roth@speedy.unibe.ch) Received: from localhost (scanhub01.unibe.ch [130.92.254.65]) by mailhub01.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 130E525BB6D; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:34:40 +0200 (MEST) Received: from mailhub01.unibe.ch ([130.92.9.52]) by localhost (scanhub01 [130.92.254.65]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28369-04-5; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:34:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from asterix.unibe.ch (asterix.unibe.ch [130.92.64.4]) by mailhub01.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F73B25BC43; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:34:38 +0200 (MEST) Received: from speedy.unibe.ch (speedy [130.92.64.35]) by asterix.unibe.ch (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id i9EJYc123411; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:34:38 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from roth@localhost) by speedy.unibe.ch (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id i9EJYawg021595; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:34:36 +0200 (MEST) Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:34:36 +0200 From: Tobias Roth To: Kevin Oberman Message-ID: <20041014193436.GA21533@speedy.unibe.ch> Mail-Followup-To: Kevin Oberman , Eric Anderson , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <20041014150354.GA29421@droopy.unibe.ch> <20041014151017.BE62E5D04@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041014151017.BE62E5D04@ptavv.es.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-message-flag: Warning! Using Outlook is insecure and promotes virus distribution. Please use a different email client. X-Virus-checked: by University of Berne cc: Eric Anderson cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell D600 odds-n-ends X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:34:41 -0000 On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 08:10:17AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > You can use atacontrol to detach a drive and allow its removal and to > add a new drive. One thing that does not work is adding a battery. Nate > is working on code to support this, but it's not at the top of his list > of things to get working in the ACPI code, so you can't add a battery, > yet. IF added, nothing bad happens...the system just does not recognize > that it's there. ah, right, i just verified this. i am now not so sure whether this worked at all (ie with apm), or whether i merely inserted the cdrom drive after boot back then when i last tested this. however, since on my thinkpad, the second battery is always drained completely before the primary one is touched, the only disadvantage i get is that i have an inaccurate remaining battery life display, until the second battery has been emptied. after that, for the life cycle of the primary battery, things are back normal. cheers, t.