https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18722





--- Comment #13 from Zhang Rui <[email protected]>  2010-09-28 02:31:17 ---
(In reply to comment #12)
> I appreciate your help, but I have to disagree on one point.  I just installed
> Windows XP to test it's support, and it supports both the battery and the
> expresscard without a modified DSDT or any additional drivers or 
> configuration.
>  I have a feeling that it ignores certain details provided by the DSDT and
> probes for the battery by some other mechanism.
> 
Then this seems to be a real problem, bug re-opened.

> I'm comfortable with using a patched DSDT, but I know that most users are 
> not. 
> This could be a dealbreaker for someone switching from windows to ubuntu, for
> example, where running a modified kernel is difficult and virtually
> unsupported.
> 
> Is there a way to use a patched DSDT without recompiling the kernel?  Perhaps
> this would be useful for people running a distro-supplied kernel.
> 
yes, you can override the battery _STA method at runtime.
How to override an ACPI control method can be found at
kernel_src/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt.

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