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Subject: Re: apm.c and multiple battery slots
From: Thomas Hood <jdthood@mail.com>
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Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
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Stevie O <stevie@qrpff.net> wrote:
> I suggest we change the first line to reflect an
> overall battery status (i.e. average of all slots
> in system).

Sounds like a good idea.

> Then we could add one line for each battery slot,
> indicating <battery status> <battery flag> <battery left % >
> <remaining time in seconds>

How about putting each of these lines in a separate proc
file?  This would avoid changing the format of /proc/apm,
which would break things.

--
Thomas

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