linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC]power: battery: Generic battery driver using IIO

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Message-ID: <1346771122.6243.6.camel@anish-Inspiron-N5050>
Date:	Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:35:22 +0530
From:	anish kumar <anish198519851985@...il.com>
To:	unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:	Sannu K <sannumail4foss@...il.com>, jic23@....ac.uk,
	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, dwmw2@...radead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC]power: battery: Generic battery driver using IIO

On Sun, 2012-09-02 at 14:34 -0700, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 09:44:04PM +0530, Sannu K wrote: [...]
> > Just Curious what is the use of this module? Is there any user space
> > program uses this? When ACPI drivers for battery is available how
> > useful will this be?
> 
> That's mostly for embedded devices. They often have batteries directly
> connected to ADC (analog to digital converters) channels, so that's the
> only way to read e.g. voltage.
> 
> As for userspace, since it's battery class driver, pretty much every
> userspace stack can use it.
Can I get some review comments on this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Anton.


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