Re: PATCH: ecng for 6.x and 7.x

Kostik Belousov wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 02:56:10PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote:
>> I've done some major rework on the EC driver.  This should help with
>> various problems, including timeouts while checking battery status or
>> temperature.  The attached patches are for 6.x and 7.x.  Please test and
>> let me know if you get any new errors on dmesg or if it fixes things for
>> you (especially HP/Compaq laptop owners).
> Ok, I tryed it on Acer 2490-kind of laptop. I see no difference with the
> patch, battery status seems to be reported correctly both before and after
> applying it.
> 
> The only thing I want to note is that reboot on the laptop is turned into
> poweroff. You said in the followup to original letter that poweroff is
> turned into reboot, I did not checked it; this is opposite.

Please test this revised version.  All it changes is forcing polling
mode back on during reboot/shutdown.

-Nate