[PATCH] automatically fix primary (ACPI) batteries which charge with > 50 W

Danny Kukawka danny.kukawka at web.de
Mon Mar 17 10:01:51 PDT 2008


On Donnerstag, 13. März 2008, Danny Kukawka wrote:
> On Mittwoch, 12. März 2008, Danny Kukawka wrote:
> > On Mittwoch, 12. März 2008, Martin Pitt wrote:
[...]
> > > *Being confused* Batteries with a capacity of more than 50 Wh are
> > > quite common (my Dell has a 9-cell battery with 68 Wh).
> >
> > As in the patch: battery.charge_level.rate
> >
> > > Or do you mean a charging/discharging rate of 50W? That would indeed
> > > be abnormally high for laptops (I guess even the biggest 17" monster
> > > not-quite-lap-tops will swallow at most 30W).
> >
> > Yes, the rate. Especially the charge rate is IMO never that high.
>
> Any other comments on the patch with this clarification?

Commited,

Danny



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