[ltp] Re: Generic battery interface

Pavel Machek linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 1 Aug 2006 01:01:45 +0200


Hi!

> 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).

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