RE: [ACPI] Re: poweroff issue

[Diefenbaugh, P. S <pau...@in...>]

Luis:

> With stock kernel 2.4.14 (I apologise for being a user, not a 
> developper, so I'm not always after the latest patch), if I use:
> 
> i=100 in ectransx.c, I have no battery information at all 
> ./proc/acpi/battery has no entries. System does poweroff.
> 
> i=200, I have battery information but is incorrect. Wrong 
> battery type. Systems does poweroff.
> 
> i=400, I have correct battery info. System does poweroff.
> 
> i=500, Battery status OK, system doesn't poweroff
> 
> I hope this helps to solve the problem.
> 
> However /proc/acpi/event doesn't change with power button or anything else
I 
> could see. I have sent my DSDT once to Paul, but I can resend in needed.

Thanks for the data.  I have to be honest that I'm completely at a loss on
what to make of this, though. ;~)  I wonder what power-off and EC have to do
with each other?  

I'm working on a new (completely event-driven) EC driver that may help on
these kind of issues...

-- Paul