ACPI time remaining

Ikke eikke at eikke.com
Mon Feb 7 12:24:42 PST 2005


> On my laptop it's pretty good, do you know of a better way to calculate
> the time? I was thinking of a continuous sampling of charge level over
> time, but didn't think the resolution would be good enough for >2 hours of
> life. 
No, I can't think of a better way than the kernel provides you. It was
just a consideration :-)
Taking >2 hours of battery life isn't a good target though I think,
because most users are worried about their battery level when they got
less than 30 minutes to go.
> 
> Thanks, Richard.
> 
Regards,

Ikke
http://www.eikke.com

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