Bug 6064

Summary:	Wrong battery technology
Product:	ACPI	Reporter:	Henry B (hbuerger)
Component:	BIOS	Assignee:	Vladimir Lebedev (vladimir.p.lebedev)
Status:	CLOSED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P2
Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
Kernel Version:	2.6.15.1	Subsystem:
Regression:	---	Bisected commit-id:
Attachments:	dmesg boot output (with acpi debug option) acpidump output /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/alarm /proc/interrupts verbose lpci output dmidecode output

Description Henry B 2006-02-12 23:25:15 UTC

Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: unknown
Distribution: Slackware-10.2
Hardware Environment: Sony C1MHP with PCGA-BP51A/PCGA-BP52A
Software Environment:
Problem Description: The kernel report in proc-FS that, the battery (Type LION)
is a "non-rechargeable" type. Any other informations seems to be OK.

Steps to reproduce:

Comment 1 Vladimir Lebedev 2006-02-13 10:44:50 UTC

Please attach the acpidupm, dmesg output, and /proc/battery files.

Comment 2 Henry B 2006-02-13 15:01:11 UTC

Created attachment 7306 [details]
dmesg boot output (with acpi debug option)

Comment 3 Henry B 2006-02-13 15:03:52 UTC

Created attachment 7307 [details]
acpidump output

Comment 4 Henry B 2006-02-13 15:05:37 UTC

Created attachment 7308 [details]
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info

Comment 5 Henry B 2006-02-13 15:06:47 UTC

Created attachment 7309 [details]
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state

Comment 6 Henry B 2006-02-13 15:08:39 UTC

Created attachment 7310 [details]
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/alarm

Comment 7 Henry B 2006-02-13 15:15:03 UTC

Created attachment 7311 [details]
/proc/interrupts

Comment 8 Henry B 2006-02-13 15:15:49 UTC

Created attachment 7312 [details]
verbose lpci output

Comment 9 Henry B 2006-02-13 15:19:53 UTC

Created attachment 7313 [details]
dmidecode output

Comment 10 Vladimir Lebedev 2006-03-06 05:48:49 UTC

Please look at your DSTD, line 910. The "non-rechargeable" value is hard coded
here. This is info only, but you can try to change 'battery technology' field 
from 0 to 1 to get "rechargeable" value.