Patched the acpi_ec.c with your diff
but i still get the errors

acpiecdt0: command takes over 25 sec...
ACPI Exception (evregion-0533): AE_ERROR, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedContr
ol] [20070320]
ACPI Error (psparse-0631): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.G
BIF] (Node 0xc1770fc0), AE_ERROR
ACPI Error (psparse-0631): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.B
AT0._BIF] (Node 0xc1770e80), AE_ERROR
acpibat0: failed to evaluate _BIF: AE_ERROR

I aplologise but how do I increase the EC_POLL_TIMEOUT to 1000 ?

Thank you,

Pavel


On 12/13/07, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 10:12:15PM +0000, Pavel Jirout wrote:
> > after todays update of userland and kernel (GENERIC i386) I get these console messages
> > Im using an IBM Thinkpad X24 (sorry, its old)
>
> X24 is now considered old? I have an A20 that is certainly older :-)
>
> The battery status methods are interesting. Can you try the attached
> patch? Alternatively, try to increase EC_POLL_TIMEOUT to 1000 or so.
>
> Joerg
>
>