see the extensive documentation on our website. download our package and read the documentation. Pedro Venda wrote: > 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. >> >>> >>> > >
