[ltp] [ANN] tp_smapi 0.35-test1

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Vincent C Jones wrote:
> dump:40 d0 42 16 01 15 2a 0e 2f 0e 3f 0e 31 0e 04 50
       trash (-1-) (-2-) (g0-) (g1-) (g2-) (g3-) (-3-)

1 and 2: unknown, appear to be constant for a given battery pack.
examples:
T43 main battery, 6-cell: 42 17 44 01   (didn't change even with recalibration)
T43 main battery, 9-cell: 42 17 38 02
T43 bay battery, ? cells: 42 10 26 05

3: no idea, this is the first time I see it being non-zero.  Vincent, does
it ever change after a bit of charge or discharge?

g0: group zero voltage (packs with a mutiple of four cells)
g1: group one voltage (packs with a multiple of three cells)
g2: group two voltage (packs with a multiple of three cells)
g3: group three voltage (packs with a multiple of three cells)

Maybe it makes sense for us to invert the naming of the voltage groups.

Also, I'd *really* like to see what row 0x0b is like on a 4-cell battery,
Vincent, could you look in the tp_smapi.c source for a line that says
"#define MAX_DUMP_ARG0 0x0a" and change that 0x0a to 0x0b, then recompile
and use this modified tp_acpi's dump function?  It should give you one extra
row in the tail of the dump...

The reason why dumping row 0x0b is normally disabled is a hideous hit-it-
and-the-EC-hangs firmware bug on older firmwares, but AFAIK the T6x family
never had this bug...  (just in case, test it in single-user mode
:p).

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