linux-kernel - Re: Advice on battery support [was: Advice on APM-EMU reunion]

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Date:	Fri, 2 Feb 2007 22:35:23 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>
Cc:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: Advice on battery support [was: Advice on APM-EMU reunion]

Hi!

> > However, it has since been reposted:
> > 
> > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/485833
> > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/485834
> > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/485835
> > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/485837
> > 
> > and merged back in to -mm. This is all post 2.6.20 stuff, though..
> 
> Ok, starting from these patches I'd like to add a "battery support" to
> the kernel.
> 
> What I suppose to do is a new class with a proper methods useful to
> collect several info on battery status, such as get_ac_line_status()
> get_battery_status(), get_battery_flags(),
> get_remaining_battery_life() and so on.
> 
> The output will be APM-like into file "/proc/apm" (one line per
> battery, or just the "main"/first one?) so that existing applications
> continue to work and under sysfs into "/sysfs/class/battery".
> 
> Is it sane? :)

Yep. Notice that designing /sysfs/class/battery is not going to be
easy, and that some work was already done in context of olpc
project. Search the mailing lists...
							Pavel
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