From: Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl>
To: "Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: Shem Multinymous <multinymous@gmail.com>,
Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>,
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>,
vojtech@suse.cz, kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Generic battery interface
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:22:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2k65ykul0.fsf@phoenix.squirrel.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CFF307C98FEABE47A452B27C06B85BB601168B34@hdsmsx411.amr.corp.intel.com> (Len Brown's message of "Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:05:35 -0400")
"Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com> writes:
> good for shell scripts, not clear it is better for C programs
> that have to open a bunch of files by name.
Moreover, it means that the factual data is only made available as a
nice textual string, that then has to be parsed by shell scripts and
other programs to get the factual data again.
So I feel much for /dev/xxx approach, together with the already
mentioned small utilities like 'batstat' for shell scripts.
-- Johan
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl>
To: "Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: "Shem Multinymous" <multinymous@gmail.com>,
"Pavel Machek" <pavel@suse.cz>,
"Matthew Garrett" <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>, <vojtech@suse.cz>,
"kernel list" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org>, <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Generic battery interface
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:22:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2k65ykul0.fsf@phoenix.squirrel.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CFF307C98FEABE47A452B27C06B85BB601168B34@hdsmsx411.amr.corp.intel.com> (Len Brown's message of "Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:05:35 -0400")
"Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com> writes:
> good for shell scripts, not clear it is better for C programs
> that have to open a bunch of files by name.
Moreover, it means that the factual data is only made available as a
nice textual string, that then has to be parsed by shell scripts and
other programs to get the factual data again.
So I feel much for /dev/xxx approach, together with the already
mentioned small utilities like 'batstat' for shell scripts.
-- Johan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-28 8:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-28 4:05 Generic battery interface Brown, Len
2006-07-28 4:05 ` Brown, Len
2006-07-28 8:22 ` Johan Vromans [this message]
2006-07-28 8:22 ` Johan Vromans
2006-07-28 9:58 ` Matthew Garrett
2006-07-28 10:10 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-28 12:21 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-28 14:13 ` Shem Multinymous
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-07-27 23:20 Brown, Len
2006-07-27 23:20 ` Brown, Len
2006-07-28 0:10 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-27 20:06 Brown, Len
2006-07-27 20:06 ` Brown, Len
2006-07-27 20:32 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-27 23:24 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-28 0:27 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-28 0:36 ` Matthew Garrett
2006-07-28 7:42 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-28 12:25 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-28 13:43 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-28 15:38 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-28 15:57 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-07-28 22:10 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-28 23:14 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-07-29 9:48 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-29 10:17 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-29 10:30 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-29 10:37 ` Mark Underwood
2006-07-29 10:37 ` Mark Underwood
2006-07-29 11:35 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-30 8:35 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-07-30 11:44 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-30 11:48 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-31 0:58 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-07-31 1:34 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-30 9:18 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-30 10:14 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-30 11:33 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-28 12:25 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2006-07-28 13:44 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-28 15:19 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-28 16:10 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2006-07-30 8:55 ` Greg KH
2006-07-30 9:52 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-30 11:47 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-30 12:50 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-30 14:29 ` Tomasz Torcz
2006-07-30 14:48 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-30 11:46 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-28 15:14 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-28 20:23 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-28 22:48 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-28 23:17 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-29 10:36 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-29 11:32 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-29 12:04 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-29 12:51 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-29 13:42 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-30 9:00 ` Greg KH
2006-07-29 21:06 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-30 10:05 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-30 10:34 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-30 10:37 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-30 18:37 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-31 21:35 ` Jean Delvare
2006-07-31 22:34 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-31 23:01 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-02 7:18 ` Jean Delvare
2006-08-02 7:46 ` Marek Wawrzyczny
2006-08-03 11:29 ` Thomas Renninger
2006-08-03 16:33 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-27 22:16 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-27 22:56 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-27 23:08 ` Greg KH
2006-07-27 23:24 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-30 12:29 ` Jean Delvare
2006-08-02 19:51 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-03 9:20 ` Jean Delvare
2006-07-27 22:56 ` Greg KH
2006-07-27 23:31 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-28 0:35 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-28 10:11 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-07-27 15:40 Brown, Len
2006-07-27 15:40 ` Brown, Len
2006-07-27 16:23 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-27 16:50 ` Daniel Barkalow
2006-07-27 20:07 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-27 0:20 Pavel Machek
2006-07-27 14:05 ` Matthew Garrett
2006-07-27 14:39 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-07-27 14:44 ` Matthew Garrett
2006-07-27 22:42 ` Greg KH
2006-07-27 14:59 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-27 15:10 ` Shem Multinymous
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