From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: Sony Vaio Battery Info Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 22:45:04 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20021221214504.GA1923@zaurus> References: <3E02CEB5.9080506@uni-muenster.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E02CEB5.9080506-xhPu7QH+N+StU9/U+hoEgQ@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: thoma-iYtK5bfT9M8b1SvskN2V4Q@public.gmane.org Cc: Markus Gaugusch , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi! > Markus Gaugusch wrote: > >As previously written, reading the battery info on sony vaio laptops > >(FX/FXA series) takes very long time (~0.6 sec). Battery state takes > >only > >~0.1 sec, but this is still too long for constantly using a battery > >monitor. > > > Hallo Marcus, > (perhaps you remember me:-) > > I have a SONY-VAIO FX505, is the 'keybord-look-bug' fixed? (I still > run an half-year-old ACPI) > > In my opinion the info-file need only to be read ONCE, because it > contains only 'static' infos about the battery. Like capacity at last charge? That can change, too. OTOH Reading it once in 3 hours should be ok -- Pavel Written on sharp zaurus, because my Velo1 broke. If you have Velo you don't need... ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf