[added linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, deleted acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx from cc:] >I'm trying to develop a Linux module to communicate with an >ACPI control >method battery under the 2.4.21 kernel (only need read access to _BST), /proc/acpi/battery doesn't tell you want you need to know? >but I'm not allowed to recompile the kernel due to government >certification. I've compiled the Intel pm tools and have dumped the >ACPI table, and the battery is seen correctly. Is this 2.4.21 kernel running the system in ACPI mode? >Is there a way to get around using the interpreter, and talk to the >battery directly through direct reads and writes to the embedded >controller? If not, is what I'm looking to accomplish doable without >modifying the kernel? Sure, boot with "acpi=off" and the interpreter will not be in your way:-) cheers, -Len - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
