power management

[Richard A. Smith]

Albert Cahalan wrote:

> Well, how many steps do you have? Divide the battery life by that
> to get the maximum rate. If that's not more than 1 per minute,
> then you might as well report every change.

Nobody has presented a use case for a continuous system so what I'm 
going to request is a % alarm setpoint.  The kernel can then set it to 
whatever it thinks is best.  Each time it wakes it can set a new alarm 
point if it want a series of alarms.

I'll also setup a critical point alarm which will be 5% above the EC 
shutdown percentage.

-- 
Richard Smith  <richard at laptop.org>
One Laptop Per Child