Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:08:18 +0100 | From | Matthew Garrett <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/7] [RFC] Battery monitoring class |
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On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 03:25:03AM +0400, Anton Vorontsov wrote: > + * All voltages, currents, capacities and temperatures in mV, mA, mAh and > + * tenths of a degree unless otherwise stated. It's driver's job to convert > + * its raw values to which this class operates. If for some reason driver > + * can't afford this requirement, then it have to create its own attributes, > + * plus additional "XYZ_units" for each of them.
ACPI batteries can report capacity and rate in either mA or mW. Given the lack of a constant voltage, how do you accurately convert between the two? Right now, I think this is a loss of functionality over the current situation.
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