[PATCH v2] Re: Battery class driver.

[Shem Multinymous]

Hi,

On 10/26/06, David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead.org> wrote:
> Ok, thanks for the feedback -- I think I've done all that. It wasn't in
> 'diff -u' form so I may have misapplied it. Please confirm.

Looks perfect. And I agree that current_{,now} etc. is better than my
suggestion of current_{avg,now}.

(I used free text instead of diff -u so I can give the rationale;
should have included both, I guess).


> > I take it you don't want to deal with battery control actions for now.
>
> They're simple enough to add. We can do it when the tp driver gets
> converted over.

Sure. But It will require some thought. For example, the interface
will need to encompass the non-symmetric pair of force commands on
ThinkPads:
"discharge the battery until further notice" vs.
"don't charge the battery for N minutes".

Also, ThinkPads express  the start/stop charging thresholds in
percent, whereas I imagine some other hardware will represent it as
capacity.

What other examples do we have of machines with battery control commands?

  Shem