[ltp] Re: ThinkiWiki login? Error in tp_smapi, hdaps, or thinkpad_ec

Sandro linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:04:30 +0200


Your tech-level is higher than mine. I would be happy to expand on my
report if you give me a little help because I don't know what you are
talking about.

On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 01:00, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
<hmh@hmh.eng.br> wrote:
>
> One must be insane to force-load thinkpad-ec when it complains that
> the EC is not behaving as expected.
>
> In fact you can damage hardware that way. =A0The "reset" people are
> reporting to work is a EC poweroff.
>
> Aparently, the SMAPI stuff still works in the Edge, but the LPC3 access
> to get the battery SBS information (also used to access the hdaps
> firmware inside the EC) doesn't. =A0Someone would have to enhance tp-smap=
i
> to separate these functions.
>
> And you better report it properly with full dmi information, otherwise
> nobody knows what box you have.