On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 09:14:46PM +0000, Charles M. Hannum wrote:
> I've imported the latest version of the ACPI-CA from Intel.  This, plus some 
> bug fixes from me and Christos, should make ACPI work much more reliably on 
> many systems.
> 
> Even if you were already successfully running ACPI, please retest with the new 
> version and confirm whether or not it works.
> 
> I can personally vouch that it works on a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop, correctly 
> reporting battery and thermal data.  :-)

Seems to work on my Dell C810 that it didn't work on before.

$ envstat -r
acpiacad0 disconnected
       acpibat0 present
    acpibat0 design cap:     53.280 Wh
 acpibat0 last full cap:     53.280 Wh
    acpibat0 technology:          1
acpibat0 design voltage:     14.800 V
      acpibat0 warn cap:      3.000 Wh ( 5.63%)
       acpibat0 low cap:      1.000 Wh ( 1.88%)
       acpibat0 voltage:     15.108 V
acpibat0 discharge rate:      6.103 W
        acpibat0 charge:      4.990 Wh ( 9.37%)
   acpibat0 discharging
       acpibat1 present
    acpibat1 design cap:     57.420 Wh
 acpibat1 last full cap:     57.420 Wh
    acpibat1 technology:          1
acpibat1 design voltage:     14.800 V
      acpibat1 warn cap:      3.000 Wh ( 5.22%)
       acpibat1 low cap:      1.000 Wh ( 1.74%)
       acpibat1 voltage:     15.186 V
acpibat1 discharge rate:     12.513 W
        acpibat1 charge:     47.100 Wh (82.03%)
   acpibat1 discharging
    acpitz0 temperature:     38.550 degC

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Andreas Spångberg