On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 02:08:18PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 03:25:03AM +0400, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> > + * All voltages, currents, capacities and temperatures in mV, mA, mAh and
> > + * tenths of a degree unless otherwise stated. It's driver's job to convert
> > + * its raw values to which this class operates. If for some reason driver
> > + * can't afford this requirement, then it have to create its own attributes,
> > + * plus additional "XYZ_units" for each of them.
>
> ACPI batteries can report capacity and rate in either mA or mW. Given
You sure, capacity in mA? Then I don't know. But you can safely
fallback and create your own attribute (just as in David's battery class,
where every battery required to create its own attributes), plus create
capacity_units attribute. So, user space will know your driver's specific
units.
> the lack of a constant voltage, how do you accurately convert between
> the two? Right now, I think this is a loss of functionality over the
> current situation.
>
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