Garrett D'Amore wrote: > A better name would be acpipower or somesuch. But that's a minor detail. > > -- Garrett
Agreed. Most likely acpi_drv since I don't want to confuse acpidrv folks who use Casper's frkit :) Phi > > Phi Tran wrote: > >> >>>> This sounds a bit strange for me. The battery driver will change LCD >>>> brightness. Why the battery driver? What is the relation between >>>> battery >>>> driver and LCD brightness? What will happen if you will run your laptop >>>> without a battery? Maybe I do not understand the battery driver >>>> concept... >>> >>> >>> >>> The battery driver was first developed to handle ACPI battery events. >>> Now support for lid and brightness ACPI events are being added to the >>> battery driver which supports laptops. Yes, the name could probably be >>> changed in the future. >> >> >> For laptops, even if the battery is not there, the battery subsystem >> will be there. The battery driver has to handle events such as AC >> adapter when ther battery is removed and also events such as when the >> battery is added. >> >> Phi > >
