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Message-ID: <20100518203049.GK30801@buzzloop.caiaq.de> Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 22:30:49 +0200 From: Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de> To: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kay.sievers@...y.org, dwmw2@...radead.org, broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com, len.brown@...el.com, astarikovskiy@...e.de, mreimer@...p.net, zbr@...emap.net, tj@...nel.org, Anton Vorontsov <cbou@...l.ru> Subject: [PATCH] power/ds2760_battery: document ABI change >From 7ed6b078c1cb718509a0faf79ac53f768fa5cfc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de> Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 22:26:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] power/ds2760_battery: document ABI change Add some documentation for the newly added writeable properties. Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de> --- On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:56:24PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 09:49:52PM +0200, Daniel Mack wrote: > > This patch adds support for writeable power supply properties and > > exposes them as writeable to sysfs. > > Please properly document this in Documentation/ABI as you are changing > the userspace ABI. > > thanks, > > greg k-h Is something like the following appropriate? Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f46ad66 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +What: /sys/class/power/ds2760-battery.*/charge_now +Date: May 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.35 +Contact: Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de> +Description: + This file is writeable and can be used to set the current + coloumb counter value inside the battery monitor chip. This + is needed for unavoidable corrections of aging batteries. + A userspace daemon can monitor the battery charging logic + and once the counter drops out of considerable bounds, take + appropriate action. + +What: /sys/class/power/ds2760-battery.*/charge_full +Date: May 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.35 +Contact: Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de> +Description: + This file is writeable and can be used to set the assumed + battery 'full level'. As batteries age, this value has to be + amended over time. + -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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