Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750857AbVIDO1R (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Sep 2005 10:27:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750850AbVIDO1R (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Sep 2005 10:27:17 -0400 Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([217.147.81.22]:49632 "EHLO cavan.codon.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750796AbVIDO1R (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Sep 2005 10:27:17 -0400 Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:26:00 +0100 From: Matthew Garrett Cc: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Brand-new notebook useless with Linux... Message-ID: <20050904142600.GA25512@srcf.ucam.org> References: <200509031859_MC3-1-A720-F705@compuserve.com> <20050904091012.GA4394@fargo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20050904091012.GA4394@fargo> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: mjg59@codon.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on cavan.codon.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 604 Lines: 15 On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 11:10:12AM +0200, David G?mez wrote: > Smart batteries are accesed thru the SMBus. If you want to know > battery information, like the charge, you need to talk to the SMBus. Smart batteries are i2c devices, but you talk to them via the embedded controller rather than via the system SMBus. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/