Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:11:36 -0700 From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> Cc: acpi@freebsd.org, Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acpi battery rework patch Message-ID: <42E68AE8.2050600@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20050726135149.GG1610@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> References: <d9175cad050723030041dd7387@mail.gmail.com> <20050723133819.36efb537.lists@yazzy.org> <42E29CAA.1020007@root.org> <d9175cad0507232047160cc758@mail.gmail.com> <20050724215818.55f951ae.lists@yazzy.org> <42E42F10.3030309@root.org> <20050725091221.106a0368.lists@yazzy.org> <42E5134F.706@root.org> <20050726011943.0abe83a0.lists@yazzy.org> <42E5C96C.9060105@root.org> <20050726135149.GG1610@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org>
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Jeremie Le Hen wrote: > Hi Nate, > > >>>- Battery: >>>hw.acpi.battery.life: 87 >>>hw.acpi.battery.time: 103 >>>hw.acpi.battery.state: 1 >> >>Completely fine. Time should be -1 (unknown) while on AC power. And >>state is "discharging" when on battery. >> >> >>>- AC: >>>hw.acpi.battery.life: 70 >>>hw.acpi.battery.time: -1 >>>hw.acpi.battery.state: 2 >> >>This is fine. On AC power and state is charging. >> >> >>>- Battery: >>>hw.acpi.battery.life: 70 >>>hw.acpi.battery.time: 125 >>>hw.acpi.battery.state: 1 >> >>Time is valid and state is "discharging". > > > Where are these states documented ? What do you think of the idea of > using the following as a description for the hw.acpi.battery.state > sysctl ? > "0: battery full, 1: discharging, 2: charging" Currently in the acpiio.h header. Changing it to a string is a problem since multiple flags can be active at once, i.e. "discharging" + "critical". The apm(8) utility does a good job of parsing these so perhaps the same code could be used in the sysctl. -- Nate
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