On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 10:00:55AM +0900, Paul Mundt wrote:
> However, it has since been reposted:
>
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/485833
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/485834
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/485835
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/485837
>
> and merged back in to -mm. This is all post 2.6.20 stuff, though..
Ok, starting from these patches I'd like to add a "battery support" to
the kernel.
What I suppose to do is a new class with a proper methods useful to
collect several info on battery status, such as get_ac_line_status()
get_battery_status(), get_battery_flags(),
get_remaining_battery_life() and so on.
The output will be APM-like into file "/proc/apm" (one line per
battery, or just the "main"/first one?) so that existing applications
continue to work and under sysfs into "/sysfs/class/battery".
Is it sane? :)
Thanks in advance,
Rodolfo
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