Description of problem: A bug appears to have been introduced into the ACPI driver version 20041105. that causes the model number, serial number and OEM info fields in the /proc/acpi/battery/BATx/info file to be corrupted. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 20041105 How reproducible: Open the /proc/acpi/battery/BATx/info. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Naviagte to /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/ folder.. 2. Load the info file into a text editor. Actual results: The contents of the info file are: present: yes design capacity: 4400 mAh last full capacity: 3884 mAh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 11100 mV design capacity warning: 160 mAh design capacity low: 100 mAh capacity granularity 1: 64 mAh capacity granularity 2: 64 mAh model number: 44 34 37 30 4B 00 00 00 serial number: 34 30 31 33 31 00 00 battery type: LION OEM info: 53 4D 50 00 00 00 00 00 Expected results: Under ACPI driver version 20040816 the info file would look like this present: yes design capacity: 4400 mAh last full capacity: 3884 mAh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 11100 mV design capacity warning: 160 mAh design capacity low: 100 mAh capacity granularity 1: 64 mAh capacity granularity 2: 64 mAh model number: D470K serial number: 40131 battery type: LION OEM info: SMP Note the difference in the model number, serial number and OEM info fields. Additional info:
An update has been released for Fedora Core 3 (kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3) which may contain a fix for your problem. Please update to this new kernel, and report whether or not it fixes your problem. If you have updated to Fedora Core 4 since this bug was opened, and the problem still occurs with the latest updates for that release, please change the version field of this bug to 'fc4'. Thank you.
If this is still a problem, booting with acpi_serialize as a boot option /may/ fix it.
This is a mass-update to all currently open Fedora Core 3 kernel bugs. Fedora Core 3 support has transitioned to the Fedora Legacy project. Due to the limited resources of this project, typically only updates for new security issues are released. As this bug isn't security related, it has been migrated to a Fedora Core 4 bug. Please upgrade to this newer release, and test if this bug is still present there. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO_REPORTER state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. Thank you.
Still an issue with a current kernel? Can it be reproduced with an upstream kernel.org kernel?
This is a mass-update to all currently open kernel bugs. A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.15-1.1830_FC4) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO_REPORTER state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. Thank you.
Closing per previous comment.