[ltp] Laptop battery storage

[Mendel Cooper]

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:

> You should look at the cycle counter when you buy a battery, just like you
> should look on the SMART power-on-hours and power-on-cycles of a supposedly
> new HD.  It might not be as new as you thought...

Intriguing idea, but how do you check the cycle counter?

Is there any way to access the internal counter register of the smart
chipset on the battery. Say, "mount" it as a block device, something like:

  mount /dev/battery0
  cat /dev/battery0/counter

Or, am I dreaming?