[ltp] Re: ThinkPad Batteries

[Micha Feigin]

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:52:06 +0000
Phil Shotton <phil@stairbridge.org.uk> wrote:

> # lsmod | grep tp_smapi
> [ nothing ]
> 
> # modprobe tp_smapi
> # lsmod | grep tp_smapi
> tp_smapi               29712  0
> thinkpad_ec            14736  1 tp_smapi
> 
> However:
> # /etc/init.d/hdapsd start
>  * Not starting hdapsd: /sys/block/sda/queue/protect does not exist, 
> please read /usr/share/doc/hdapsd/README.Debian
> 
> The document says:
> hdapsd needs the hdaps kernel module and the hdaps_protect patch in the 
> kernel
> so it WON'T work out-of-the-box on a Debian machine yet.
> 
> but I thought the whole point of the distro module was that the kernel 
> didn't need patching, or have I completely misunderstood?
> 

You misunderstand. A module adds a kernel feature. A patch changes a kernel
feature, in this case another module or compiled in option.

The patch is actually a bit hard to come by and if I'm not mistaken has been
included in the 2.6.28 kernel, but with a different /sys name so it's going to
take some time for debian to reach kernel 2.6.28 (it's only at release
candidate stage of a couple of months or so now) and then some time for the
tools to fix the directory that they are looking for, so unless you want to
compile your own 2.6.27 kernel and find the patch then you need to wait a
couple of months at least

> Re: Please try to keep in mind that top-posting is not very popular.
> 
> On the contrary, everyone I know hates bottom-posting because you have 
> to wade through the whole trail before you actually find the new post to 
> decide whether it's worth reading or not. YMMV.
> 

It doesn't really matter what you like, the list policy is bottom posting (and
I don't care for the comments for or against at the moment) so if you don't
want to be ignored or shouted at each time you should adhere to list policy

> Cheers
> Phil
> 
> Elias Oltmanns wrote:
> > Phil Shotton <phil@stairbridge.org.uk> wrote:
> >   
> >> I'm running Intrepid Ibex. There's no linux-ubuntu-modules-<anything>
> >> package :-(
> >> Is it in a non-standard repo?
> >>     
> >
> > Have you tried to load the module yet? It may have been installed a part
> > of another package.
> >
> > If the module is missing, you can try the following to find out whether
> > it has been packaged and is available from one of the repositories in
> > your sources.list:
> >
> > % sudo aptitude install apt-file
> > % sudo apt-file update
> > % apt-file search tp_smapi.ko
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Elias
> >
> > PS: Did you notice that comment about top-posting at all? You have even
> > quoted it, see below.
> >
> >
> >