linux-kernel - Re: Battery class driver.

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Date:	Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:45:28 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, olpc-dev@...top.org,
	davidz@...hat.com, greg@...ah.com, mjg59@...f.ucam.org,
	len.brown@...el.com, sfr@...b.auug.org.au, benh@...nel.crashing.org
Subject: Re: Battery class driver.

Hi!

> At git://git.infradead.org/battery-2.6.git there is an initial
> implementation of a battery class, along with a driver which makes use
> of it. The patch is below, and also viewable at 
> http://git.infradead.org/?p=battery-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=master;hp=linus

Thanks a lot for this work.

> I don't like the sysfs interaction much -- is it really necessary for me
> to provide a separate function for each attribute, rather than a single
> function which handles them all and is given the individual attribute as
> an argument? That seems strange and bloated.
> 
> I'm half tempted to ditch the sysfs attributes and just use a single
> seq_file, in fact.

No, please don't.

							Pavel
-- 
Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins.
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