RE: How to populate Battery information through ACPI tables

2013-02-19 Thread Pallala, Ramakrishna
> > Mika, _BIF method returns battery data/struct which is defined Table. > > 10-233. > > Yes, it was just an example. You can have your own custom method for that, > lets > say: > > BLAH() > > that then returns whatever you need. > > > If I want to pass some device specific data seems

Re: How to populate Battery information through ACPI tables

2013-02-19 Thread Westerberg, Mika
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 08:59:29PM +0200, Pallala, Ramakrishna wrote: > > > Mika, I want to populate this characterization data as device > > > specific/custom data which could be anything And may not be entirely > > > related to battery. Is this is possible? > > > > Yes, for example you could hav

RE: How to populate Battery information through ACPI tables

2013-02-19 Thread Pallala, Ramakrishna
> > Mika, I want to populate this characterization data as device > > specific/custom data which could be anything And may not be entirely > > related to battery. Is this is possible? > > Yes, for example you could have a custom ACPI method with your device which > then returns this information. >

Re: How to populate Battery information through ACPI tables

2013-02-19 Thread Westerberg, Mika
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 08:22:01PM +0200, Pallala, Ramakrishna wrote: > Mika, I want to populate this characterization data as device > specific/custom data which could be anything And may not be entirely > related to battery. Is this is possible? Yes, for example you could have a custom ACPI meth

RE: How to populate Battery information through ACPI tables

2013-02-19 Thread Pallala, Ramakrishna
> > > > > > I am trying to populate battery related information through > > > > > > ACPI tables and do battery management through non acpi > > > > > > drivers. Can you tell or point me on how to populate the ACPI > > > > > > tables in FW/BIOS and get them in OS? I am new to ACPI world. > > > > > >

Re: How to populate Battery information through ACPI tables

2013-02-19 Thread Westerberg, Mika
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 07:45:38PM +0200, Pallala, Ramakrishna wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 03:07:57PM +, Pallala, Ramakrishna wrote: > > > > > I am trying to populate battery related information through ACPI > > > > > tables and do battery management through non acpi drivers. Can >

RE: How to populate Battery information through ACPI tables

2013-02-19 Thread Pallala, Ramakrishna
> > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 03:07:57PM +, Pallala, Ramakrishna wrote: > > > > I am trying to populate battery related information through ACPI > > > > tables and do battery management through non acpi drivers. Can > > > > you tell or point me on how to populate the ACPI tables in FW/BIOS > >

Re: How to populate Battery information through ACPI tables

2013-02-19 Thread Westerberg, Mika
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 07:11:52PM +0200, Pallala, Ramakrishna wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 03:07:57PM +, Pallala, Ramakrishna wrote: > > > I am trying to populate battery related information through ACPI > > > tables and do battery management through non acpi drivers. Can you > > > t

RE: How to populate Battery information through ACPI tables

2013-02-19 Thread Pallala, Ramakrishna
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 03:07:57PM +, Pallala, Ramakrishna wrote: > > I am trying to populate battery related information through ACPI > > tables and do battery management through non acpi drivers. Can you > > tell or point me on how to populate the ACPI tables in FW/BIOS and get > > them i

Re: How to populate Battery information through ACPI tables

2013-02-19 Thread Westerberg, Mika
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 03:07:57PM +, Pallala, Ramakrishna wrote: > I am trying to populate battery related information through ACPI tables > and do battery management through non acpi drivers. Can you tell or > point me on how to populate the ACPI tables in FW/BIOS and get them in > OS? I am