[Tpctl-users] SMAPI on T42

[Identity G. <d7r...@sn...>]

Hi,

Just reporting how tp_smapi is working on my T42.

I installed tp_smapi with "make install HDAPS=1" and that seemed to work fine. 

Actually, hdaps is kind of a joke because there's not any application (that I 
can see) that actually puts that gyroscopic information to any good use, but 
aside from that both tp_spami and hdaps seem to be working concurrently.

The /only/ problem I'm having (and you've probably heard this before) is with 
stop_charge_thresh, which is giving me a "Function not implemented" when I 
cat it.  I grep'ed for that string in your source but I didn't find it.  I 
guess it's a default message coming from another subsystem.

Here's the behavior I'm seeing with the functioning start_charge_thresh 
parameter.  Say I've set that parameter to 40% for a conservative threshold.  
If I plug in the AC power when the battery is below 40%, the battery charges, 
but doesn't stop after it's passed 40%.  If I plug in the AC when the battery 
is above 40%, the battery doesn't charge; it just sits idle.  

I assume that this behavior makes sense when used in conjunction with a 
working implementation of stop_charge_thresh.

So here's what I'm wondering about:

1) Is there some misinformation with respect to anything I've written above?

2) Do you think it is possible to implement stop_charge_thresh?  What's your 
estimation of the gating problem?  Are there any diagnostics I can do?

3) I don't know much about the subsystems, but I can pick it up, and hopefully 
help out.  Feel free to talk about functions and macros explicitly -- 
anything to establish good starting points when analyzing the code.

Regards,
Sukant Hajra