hi, Mark Studebaker wrote: > we have had a smartbattery driver, smartbatt.c, in our package for > almost two years. > please review it and if you have questions or would like to enhance it > please > let us know. i stopped because i need to learn more about kernel programming, but i haven't give up. how can i download and use the driver? the gentoo ebuild doesn't contain it. do i need to access CVS to get it? regards, pedro venda. > > Pedro Venda wrote: > > hello everyone. > > i am willing to write a smart battery driver. reason? i have one. > > in the acpi-devel ml, people advised me to start from drivers/i2c. later > i saw that your lmsensors website refers to the smart battery, but with > no driver name and no status associated. > > i have also contacted the sbs-forum people to help me out. > > i would like to hear oppinions from you... > > 1. can i ask questions in this mailing list? about i2c and chip access > in general, i mean, is this on-topic? > 2. where should i start? i have some experience in C but have never > programmed in the kernel before, although i have been reading the > sources for some time now. > 3. where else can i get help/datasheets/whatever i need? > 4. is anyone else doing/trying to do the same as me? > 5. if not, is anyone willing to help? > > thanks for your time people. > regards, > pedro venda. >> >>
