we don't know much about 'smart batteries' but the smart battery people were the original authors of the SMBus spec. There are some smart battery specs on the web too - it may be that the interface is standard. We'd love to see the GPL code. If anybody would like to write a driver then we will have the code to give them. mds James Klaas wrote: > > I hope this is the right place to post this. > > I don't know if anyone has e-mailed you all about the SonicBlue ProGear > tablet computer. This has an ali1535 smbus with an adm1024 thermal > monitoring chip. It also has an unidentified smart battery and something > hanging at 0x69 which is probably a timer (as noted in your documentation). > > The code for reading the battery was released and the actual code for > retrieving the data from the battery is GPL. The other code for > displaying and setting the battery is of unknown license. After reading > through the code for the battery and your instructions for creating a chip > driver I don't think I have the capability to write the driver. I would > be happy to post the GPL code if someone else is able to write the driver. > > I'm also confused as to whether the smart battery is the chip (to > create a driver for) or if there's a separate chip that drives the smart > battery that needs to be identified. I can see the top half of the > circuit board but I am not comfortable with taking the circuit board out > of the case as it's all packed rather tightly and I don't want to risk > making the unit non-operational. I also have no idea what I should be > looking for. > > Thank you for your help. >
