Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:18:41 +0200 | From | Jean Delvare <> | Subject | Re: Generic battery interface |
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Hi Pavel,
> > frequently it can read from the chip. And no hardware monitoring chip I > > know of can tell when the monitored value has changed - you have to read > > the chip registers to know. > > ACPI battery can tell when values change in significant way. (Like > battery becoming critical).
Ah, good to know. But is there a practical use for this? I'd suspect that the user wants to know the battery charge% all the time anyway, critical or not.
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