From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 18 00:13:34 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BB1D16A4CE for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:13:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.revolutionsp.com (ganymede.revolutionsp.com [64.246.0.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16D6443D39 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:13:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from security@revolutionsp.com) Received: from mail.revolutionsp.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.revolutionsp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ACA915CA7 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:12:52 -0600 (CST) Received: from 81.84.174.5 (SquirrelMail authenticated user security@revolutionsp.com) by mail.revolutionsp.com with HTTP; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:12:52 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <54502.81.84.174.5.1111104772.squirrel@mail.revolutionsp.com> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:12:52 -0600 (CST) From: "H. S." To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Acer laptops - smart battery support X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:13:34 -0000 Hi, Looking at http://www.freebsd.org/projects/acpi/ , I understand the support for smart batteries isn't yet implemented on FreeBSD.. is there any plan to implement this? I can test patches etc, as I'm sure many other people can too, and this support would be a big plus for us who use our favourite OS on such a laptop. Currently I am unable to check my battery status, and for several times I've let it die because I forgot I was running out of batts. I know a lot of developing power is now centered on 5.4-RELEASE, and when compared to all the code and features that have been improving every day, smart batteries on a laptop seem so unimportant. I can't code myself, or I'd be helping on this and any other issues with FreeBSD. I can, however, apply and test code to get this smart battery support up and running for everyone. If there is a kind developer out there with some free time and willing to implement this.. please let us know Best Regards.