acpi battery rework patch

[Wilko Bulte]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 12:10:05PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote..
> Wilko Bulte wrote:
> >>>Unplugging AC power:
> >>>
> >>>batt pass1: dev 0xc15e3100 ok valid state 1 cap 0 valid_rate 1082
> >>>batt pass2: min 166 total_min 166 total_cap 0
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>wb at chuck ~: apm
> >>>APM version: 1.2
> >>>APM Management: Enabled
> >>>AC Line status: off-line
> >>>Battery Status: low
> >>>Remaining battery life: 0%
> >>>Remaining battery time:  2:31:00
> >>>Number of batteries: 1
> >>>Battery 0:
> >>>      Battery Status: low
> >>>      Remaining battery life: 0%
> >>>      Remaining battery time:  2:31:00
> >>
> >>Again, it does not report a valid cap off power but does report a valid 
> >>rate of use.
> >>
> >>Did you always have this behavior or was this introduced by my commit?
> >
> >
> >Been there since a long time. 
> 
> I'm afraid my commit can't fix the inability to read _BST info.  We'll 
> have to address that separately in acpi-ca or the acpi_cmbat driver once 
> the problem is understood.

OK.  Mind you, I am really happy with the progress ACPI has made
to make this laptop work with it.  Basically ACPI support moved from 
basically unusable to just this minor snag with the battery.  Thanks
for all the hours you spent on ACPI support!

W/

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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org