From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 25 17:43:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 025B516A41F; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:43:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from www.cryptography.com (li-22.members.linode.com [64.5.53.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A308843D46; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:43:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from [10.0.0.33] (adsl-67-119-74-222.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [67.119.74.222]) by www.cryptography.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j9PHhZxq020589 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:43:36 -0700 Message-ID: <435E6EC7.1050308@root.org> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:43:35 -0700 From: Nate Lawson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Silbersack References: <200510230020.j9N0KD4g046756@repoman.freebsd.org> <20051025031002.B911@odysseus.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <20051025031002.B911@odysseus.silby.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpica acpi_smbat.c acpi_smbus.h X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:43:38 -0000 Mike Silbersack wrote: > > On Sun, 23 Oct 2005, Nate Lawson wrote: > >> njl 2005-10-23 00:20:13 UTC >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Added files: >> sys/dev/acpica acpi_smbat.c acpi_smbus.h >> Log: >> Import ACPI smart battery support. Newer systems (Acer, mostly) do not >> support the CM-battery interface. Smart batteries can eventually be >> supported without ACPI via a separate SMBus interface. The ACPI >> interface >> uses the embedded controller for reading/writing to the SMBus, and >> normal >> ASL definitions for locating the battery controller (since SMBus >> can't be >> enumerated.) Also import definitions for the smart battery interface. >> >> This was written by Hans Petter Selasky with minor cleanups from myself. > > > Nice, I've been waiting for this for a while. Well, sorta waiting. It > turns out that the battery life on my Acer Pentium M laptop is so good > that I can estimate when it'll run out mentally. "Has it been more than > 2 hours since I wandered away from an outlet? Hm, maybe I should return." > > Now I just have to wait for this to be MFC'd to RELENG_6. :) I'd appreciate testing feedback before MFC. And the MFC will be after 6.0. -- Nate