acpi patch for dell laptop?

[Sebastian Yepes [ESN]]

I am modifying and improving a kernel module to work with the dell i8500 so 
you can have access to the battery, temp, fan info true the sysctl & ioctl.. 
it's now working in 2day i well send info about this. or look at my web page 
www.x123.info

sysctl hw.dell
hw.dell.fan_restricted: 0
hw.dell.handle_buttons: 0
hw.dell.repeat_delay: 250
hw.dell.repeat_rate: 10
hw.dell.service_tag: BFT8Q0J
hw.dell.power_status: 0
hw.dell.left_fan.status: low
hw.dell.left_fan.rpm: 102450
hw.dell.right_fan.status: low
hw.dell.right_fan.rpm: 141840
hw.dell.cpu_temp: 47


On Monday 23 June 2003 17:03, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 08:52:20 +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 09:35:32PM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 00:13:10 +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 05:29:30PM -0400, Mike Sturdee wrote:
> > > > > Where can I find the latest, greatest patch that fixes this?
> > > >
> > > > Try this URL:
> > > >
> > > > http://sandcat.nl/~stijn/freebsd/dell.php
> > > >
> > > > and let me know if it works.
> > >
> > > It seems to work for me.  The ACPI warnings about zero length buffers
> > > go away at least.
> >
> > Great. Do you also have working battery status now?
>
> How do I figure that out?  Via the ACPI sysctls, or some other method?
>
> When I unplug the power:
>
>  - hw.acpi.battery.state goes from 0 -> 1
>  - hw.acpi.battery.time goes from 0 to 152
>  - hw.acpi.battery.life starts to go down
>
> Is there some tool that'll show battery info?
>
> Also, what units are the temperature in?
>
> Ken

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