Re: [ACPI] How to get simple battery status program

[Jacek P. <pl...@ph...>]

On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Ducrot Bruno wrote:

> With stock RH kernel, you will have some troubles for the batteries info (not
> RH fault: it is for all releases of 2.4 if you have a satellite 3000).

I have 'el cheapo' : 1005-S157

> For the Satellite 3000, you need to know the 'good' values to
> write/read to the embedded controller (at IO 0x62/0x66) and this
> can be deduced by reading the ASL.

Cool! How can I deduce it? What do you mean by IO 0x62/0x66 ?

> I made already such utilities, but it is only for helping me in order
> to develop my kernel module (turn on/off the LCD with led blinking,
> retrieve battery related info, retrieve the current power supply, thermal
> zone 'basic' informations).  Some of those features are scheduled
> for a next release of tosh3k kernel modules, but I don't plan for
> now to incorporate the batteries, since it work under ACPI.
> But if really you want such things, without ACPI, after all, why not?

I really want - and all I need is battery status.

Could you send me your utilities ?

BR,

Jacek