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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
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Subject: Re: Generic battery interface
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Hi!

> frequently it can read from the chip. And no hardware monitoring chip I
> know of can tell when the monitored value has changed - you have to read
> the chip registers to know.

ACPI battery can tell when values change in significant way. (Like
battery becoming critical).

								Pavel
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