Am Montag, den 24.11.2008, 11:12 -0800 schrieb Kok, Auke: > 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.
As I wrote, I am sure first starting PowerTOP I was able to see these estimates. But after the dump I was not able anymore. Today I could not see it at all. > > 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! Does somebody have a Debian package with this patch applied? Thanks, Paul
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