Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:07:54 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acpi patch for dell laptop? Message-ID: <20030623170754.GJ40398@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030623110333.A53486@panzer.kdm.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.40L0.0306201726590.84004-100000@saturn.mikesweb.com> <20030620221309.GA31020@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <20030622213532.A50385@panzer.kdm.org> <20030623065220.GE31020@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <20030623110333.A53486@panzer.kdm.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 11:03:34AM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 08:52:20 +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 09:35:32PM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 00:13:10 +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote: > > > > http://sandcat.nl/~stijn/freebsd/dell.php > > > > > > It seems to work for me. The ACPI warnings about zero length buffers go > > > away at least. > > > > Great. Do you also have working battery status now? > > How do I figure that out? Via the ACPI sysctls, or some other method? ACPI sysctls was the method that didn't work without the patch on my Inspiron. > When I unplug the power: > > - hw.acpi.battery.state goes from 0 -> 1 > - hw.acpi.battery.time goes from 0 to 152 > - hw.acpi.battery.life starts to go down That looks like correct behaviour. The battery time can't be determined when on AC power. > Is there some tool that'll show battery info? I don't know of one that uses the ACPI sysctls, maybe someone else? > Also, what units are the temperature in? 1/10 Kelvin I've been led to believe. HTH, --Stijn -- My server has more fans than Britney. -- Steve Warwick, from a posting at questions@freebsd.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+9zPqY3r/tLQmfWcRAkpfAJ9v7pxNccba38fWyq8R8Cm/NC5ZoACgnqe2 5Py4bNNgtQ0q5ie/ABnbgWs= =Hh+Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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