RE: ACPI battery issue - Dell Inspiron 4150 - 2.6.1-rc1-mm2

Dax Kelson
2004-03-29T15:46:05Z

On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 18:03, Yu, Luming wrote:
> >Subject: [ACPI] ACPI battery issue - Dell Inspiron 4150 - 2.6.1-rc1-mm2
> >
> >Found at boot:
> >ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
> >ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present)
> >But no run-time information:
>
> Some DELL battery issues in recent kernel are solved by
> patch filed at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1766 .
>
> Is it worthy to have it a try?

Seems to work ... is it normal to have the "unknown" values below when
plugged in?

$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
present: yes
capacity state: ok
charging state: unknown
present rate: unknown
remaining capacity: 66000 mWh
present voltage: 16501 mV

$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info
present: yes
design capacity: 65120 mWh
last full capacity: 54980 mWh
battery technology: rechargeable
design voltage: 14800 mV
design capacity warning: 3000 mWh
design capacity low: 1000 mWh
capacity granularity 1: 200 mWh
capacity granularity 2: 200 mWh
model number: LIP8120DL
serial number: 5122
battery type: LION
OEM info: Sony C

When unplugged:

$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
present: yes
capacity state: ok
charging state: discharging
present rate: 2743 mW
remaining capacity: 52340 mWh
present voltage: 16526 mV

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