[ltp] Re: ThinkPad Batteries

[Micha Feigin]

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:19:44 +0100
Elias Oltmanns <eo@nebensachen.de> wrote:

> Phil Shotton <phil@stairbridge.org.uk> wrote:
> > Micha Feigin wrote:
> >> On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:52:06 +0000
> >> Phil Shotton <phil@stairbridge.org.uk> wrote:
> [...]
> >>> 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
> 
> hdapsd in unstable already knows about the new directory. Otherwise,
> it's all correct.
> 

Thats new and recent, great to know. It has been broken for me for some time
now, at last it's working again. Still I'm guessing it's going to take debian
some time ot reach kernel 2.6.28 as it's not out yet and from experience, even
when it's out it takes time to adopt it for mainline (and rightly so for most
people, I just like to live on the edge for some convoluted reason)

As for the patch, if you decide you want to compile your own kernel (not that
hard, especially if you don't plan to change the debian default options), you
can get it at
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/HDAPS

> [...]
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> 
> This highlights the value of another good habit: Remove those parts of
> the original message that you are not referring to anyway.
> 
> >>>     
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >>   
> > My apologies for offending the list policy. Can you tell me where this
> > is documented, I've looked on
> > http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad and
> > the earliest posts in the archive for any policy document and can't
> > find one.
> 
> Well, I honestly don't know whether it is quite correct to say that list
> policy positively forbids top-posting - I'm not aware of it. Also, I
> hope it's not my habit to shout at people. So, all I do is advocating a
> widely adopted practise because I happen to find it *very* convenient.
> It is not quite unlikely that I'll ignore people who keep top-posting
> persistently, but that's my choice to (not) spend my spare time and
> needn't concern you, of course.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Elias