linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

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Message-Id: <200702101752.14797.ismail@pardus.org.tr>
Date:	Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:52:13 +0200
From:	Ismail Dönmez <ismail@...dus.org.tr>
To:	Holger Macht <hmacht@...e.de>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, tony.luck@...el.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	"Accardi, Kristen" <kristen.c.accardi@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

On Saturday 10 February 2007 14:07:13 Holger Macht wrote:
> On Sat 10. Feb - 10:27:14, Ismail Dönmez wrote:
> > On Wednesday 07 February 2007 21:18:50 Len Brown wrote:
> > > Hi Linus,
> > >
> > > please pull from:
> > >
> > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git
> > > release
> > >
> > > ACPICA Core version 2070126 simplifies the ACPI table manager
> > > code by consolidating multiple table definitions into one.
> > > It also saves memory by mapping the tables where the BIOS provides them
> > > rather than copying them into the kernel.
> >
> > This breaks kpowersave, now it always says laptop is plugged in and does
> > not show any battery status. Any /proc changes in this release?
>
> kpowersave just reflects what HAL thinks, and HAL reflects what the kernel
> thinks. So please post the content of /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/AC/state when
> AC is not plugged in to figure out if it's just a userland bug or a kernel
> issue.

[~]> cat /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ADP1/state
state:                   off-line


Hmmf looks like a userspace bug, but it certainly did work before ACPI update.

Regards,
ismail

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