linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 04/15] HID: logitech-hidpp: battery: remove overloads and provide ONLINE

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Date:   Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:48:53 +0100
From:   Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>
To:     Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@...-t.net>,
        Nestor Lopez Casado <nlopezcasad@...itech.com>,
        Olivier Gay <ogay@...itech.com>,
        Simon Wood <simon@...gewell.org>
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/15] HID: logitech-hidpp: battery: remove overloads
 and provide ONLINE

On Thu, 2017-02-02 at 15:12 +0100, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> When ONLINE isn't set, upower should ignore the battery capacity, so
> there
> is no need to overload it with some random values.

In usage, the capacity value will drop to "0":
-(/sys/class/power_supply/hidpp_battery_1)-> cat capacity 
0
-(/sys/class/power_supply/hidpp_battery_1)-> cat online 
1

And GNOME will popup a warning about the device.