linux-kernel - Re: linux-next on thinkpad x60: full battery is indicated as battery error in mate

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Date:   Mon, 12 Mar 2018 23:29:56 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        ACPI mailing list <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
        Ognjen Galic <smclt30p@...il.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next on thinkpad x60: full battery is indicated as battery
 error in mate

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 8:49 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:
> On Mon 2018-03-12 20:47:15, Pavel Machek wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Did something change recently with battery reporting?

Yes, it did, and specifically for Thinkpads.

>> Fully charged
>> battery shows as empty battery with red "x" in Mate desktop. After
>> reboot to recent mainline problem goes away. Tooltip says "battery
>> waiting to charge".
>>
>> /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state looks ok:
>> present:                 yes
>> capacity state:          ok
>> charging state:          charged
>> present rate:            0 mW
>> remaining capacity:      41240 mWh
>> present voltage:         16495 mV
>>
>> Linux amd 4.16.0-rc3-next-20180302 #30 SMP Fri Mar 2 10:28:44 CET 2018
>> i686 GNU/Linux
>> pavel@amd:~$ cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status
>> Not charging
>
> Reboot to mainline:
>
> pavel@amd:~$ uname -a
> Linux amd 4.16.0-rc4+ #509 SMP Thu Mar 8 15:28:06 CET 2018 i686
> GNU/Linux
> pavel@amd:~$ cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status
> Unknown
>
> Mate shows it as "laptop battery is fully charged".
>
>> Thinkpad X60.

Please try to revert commits fa93854f7a7e..a20136a67a99 from
linux-next and see if that helps.