linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: logitech-hidpp: add support for Unified Battery (1004) feature

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Message-ID: <6b33f956dfffc8edcff72f66a29ccf5d86682a53.camel@hadess.net>
Date:   Wed, 06 Jan 2021 20:17:26 +0100
From:   Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>
To:     Filipe Laíns <lains@...hlinux.org>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: logitech-hidpp: add support for Unified Battery
 (1004) feature

On Wed, 2021-01-06 at 18:48 +0000, Filipe Laíns wrote:
> On Wed, 2021-01-06 at 10:34 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > On Mon, 2021-01-04 at 18:29 +0000, lains@...hlinux.org wrote:
> > > From: Filipe Laíns <lains@...hlinux.org>
> > > 
> > > This new feature present in new devices replaces the old Battery
> > > Level
> > > Status (0x1000) feature. It keeps essentially the same
> > > information
> > > for
> > > levels (reporting critical, low, good and full) but makes these
> > > levels
> > > optional, the device exports a capability setting which describes
> > > which
> > > levels it supports. In addition to this, there is an optional
> > > state_of_charge paramenter that exports the battery percentage.
> > > 
> > > This patch adds support for this new feature. There were some
> > > implementation choices, as described below and in the code.
> > > 
> > > If the device supports the state_of_charge parameter, we will
> > > just
> > > export the battery percentage and not the levels, which the
> > > device
> > > might
> > > still support.
> > 
> > I'm guessing that means no changes needed on the upower side?
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> 
> Yes :)
> I tested upower and all works as expected.
> 
> There will still be devices that only support battery voltage, so I
> might
> implement the battery voltage to charge percentage in a future patch.

I sent a WIP patch at the end of November for that, it wasn't even
compile-tested, but might be a good base to start from.

I don't think that I have any hardware that supports that feature in
any case.

Cheers