Felipe Sateler wrote: > Kok, Auke wrote: > >> Nathan Coulson wrote: >>> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Paul Menzel >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Dear Michael, >>>> (I am also answering to the list.) >>>> >>>> >>>> thank you for your answer. >>>> >>>> Am Sonntag, den 23.11.2008, 16:23 +0100 schrieb Michael Gaber: >>>> >>>>> Paul Menzel schrieb: >>>>>> [snip] >>>>>> 1. Hmm, I do not know why the output no ACPI power usage estimate >>>>>> available. It was shown before dumping. It was between 0,1 and 0,4 >>>>>> Watts. Running PowerTOP it is also not shown. Strange … >>>>> perhaps because you're testing it while being plugged in? >>>>> acpi power estimate is only available when running on battery >>>> No. The cable was not plugged in. And as I said, before the dump it was >>>> shown. >>> I have never seen any power estimates in powertop the whole time I >>> have experimented with it, and I have never heard of anyone else >>> getting estimates before either. I just assumed it was not possible. >> This feature works based on the battery charge level and the code has been >> working on my laptop since the beginning. Recently we found out that some >> batteries (drivers?) report their charge levels differently which broke the >> ability for powertop to calculate estimates, and I have gotten one patch for >> that to fix this for PPC systems. > > I sent a patch[1] against 1.10 to fix this reading for batteries that don't > report watt levels but do report amperage levels (apparently I attached a diff > of the diff too...). > > > [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/power%40bughost.org/msg01230.html
Maybe Paul can test this patch? that would certainly be most helpful! Auke _______________________________________________ Power mailing list [email protected] http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power
