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

On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 01:41:17PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote:
> 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.

I tested with ecng-7b. Both reboot and halt -p worked as expected.

Thanks.