1:31 p.m.
Hi,
next kernel will have EC read/write support.
A userspace tool is needed to make use of the interface.
As the Embedded Controller is tightly bound to ACPI
(devel/debugging/testing), the best package this tool would fit in is
acpica.
A new package is not worth it, if not accepted I'd still package
this together with acpica.rpm. But if it gets included, there is some
guarantee that this binary shows up in the same way on different
distros.
Thus it would be great if this code:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/trenn/sources/ec/ec_access.c
Could get integrated into the acpica repository.
Not sure where this best could fit into if accepted, possibly:
acpica/source/os_specific/ec_access
or
acpica/source/os_specific/tools/ec_access
?
Thanks,
Thomas
9:47 p.m.
New subject: Can a userspace tool to read the Embedded Controller get added to acpica sources?
Seems like it will have lots of very EC-specific stuff, so sure, we can add to ACPICA.
Make sure any OS-dependent stuff is modularized.
-----Original Message-----
From: Moore, Robert
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 2:36 PM
To: 'Thomas Renninger'
Subject: RE: [Devel] Can a userspace tool to read the Embedded Controller
get added to acpica sources?
OK, we'll take a look
>-----Original Message-----
>From: devel-bounces(a)acpica.org [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
>Of Thomas Renninger
>Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 6:31 AM
>To: devel(a)acpica.org
>Subject: [Devel] Can a userspace tool to read the Embedded Controller get
>added to acpica sources?
>
>Hi,
>
>next kernel will have EC read/write support.
>A userspace tool is needed to make use of the interface.
>
>As the Embedded Controller is tightly bound to ACPI
>(devel/debugging/testing), the best package this tool would fit in is
>acpica.
>A new package is not worth it, if not accepted I'd still package
>this together with acpica.rpm. But if it gets included, there is some
>guarantee that this binary shows up in the same way on different
>distros.
>
>Thus it would be great if this code:
>ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/trenn/sources/ec/ec_access.c
>Could get integrated into the acpica repository.
>
>Not sure where this best could fit into if accepted, possibly:
>acpica/source/os_specific/ec_access
>or
>acpica/source/os_specific/tools/ec_access
>?
>
>Thanks,
>
> Thomas
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3:31 p.m.
New subject: Can a userspace tool to read the Embedded Controller get added to acpica sources?
On Friday 27 August 2010 23:47:55 Moore, Robert wrote:
Seems like it will have lots of very EC-specific stuff, so sure, we
can add to ACPICA. Make sure any OS-dependent stuff is modularized.
Ok, I tried on
that.
Find attached the source file which should go to:
source/tools/ec_access/ec_access.c
and the Makefile for:
generate/linux/Makefile.ec_access
I used stderr, fprintf, open, read, write, sync.
Beside the last, some other files are doing the same.
I didn't explicitly check a real read/write on a recent kernel
after these changes, but I did before and there weren't that much
modifications.
I didn't adopt the whole coding style to ACPICA one,
hope that is ok.
Thomas
10:24 p.m.
New subject: Can a userspace tool to read the Embedded Controller get added to acpica sources?
I didn't adopt the whole coding style to ACPICA one,
hope that is ok.
Any os-independent code should be in the acpica style. Otherwise, it is an os-dependent
style.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Thomas Renninger [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 8:31 AM
>To: Moore, Robert
>Cc: devel(a)acpica.org
>Subject: Re: [Devel] Can a userspace tool to read the Embedded Controller
>get added to acpica sources?
>
>On Friday 27 August 2010 23:47:55 Moore, Robert wrote:
>> Seems like it will have lots of very EC-specific stuff, so sure, we
>> can add to ACPICA. Make sure any OS-dependent stuff is modularized.
>Ok, I tried on that.
>
>Find attached the source file which should go to:
>source/tools/ec_access/ec_access.c
>and the Makefile for:
>generate/linux/Makefile.ec_access
>
>I used stderr, fprintf, open, read, write, sync.
>Beside the last, some other files are doing the same.
>
>I didn't explicitly check a real read/write on a recent kernel
>after these changes, but I did before and there weren't that much
>modifications.
>
I didn't adopt the whole coding style to ACPICA one,
hope that is ok.
>
> Thomas
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