From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] ACPI: battery: add power_{now, avg} properties to power_class Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:41:41 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <20081216162756.12100.49260.stgit@thinkpad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from vms044pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.44]:52339 "EHLO vms044pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757585AbYLPRmD (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:42:03 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([96.237.168.40]) by vms044.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0KBZ00DZ8D5UATB0@vms044.mailsrvcs.net> for Linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:41:55 -0600 (CST) In-reply-to: <20081216162756.12100.49260.stgit@thinkpad> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Alexey Starikovskiy Cc: Linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: > +What: current_{now,avg} attributes for batteries, reporting in energy units > +When: 2.6.29 > +Why: Batteries, reporting in energy units, will report (dis)charge rate as > + power (Watts), and not as current (Amperes), thus new power_{now,avg} > + attributes should be used for such batteries to avoid the confusion. > +Who: Alexey Starikovskiy I think that a single kernel release cycle is too quick for a user/kernel API change unless you're trying to fix something that is new and you have a pretty good idea that nobody is using it yet. Kernel programmers typically want to talk about O(6 months) and Linus comes back and talks aboutg O(10 years)... -- Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center