Thread (15 messages) 15 messages, 4 authors, 2016-04-06

[PATCH] sbs-battery: fix power status when battery is dry

From: sre@kernel.org (Sebastian Reichel)
Date: 2016-03-30 15:09:32
Also in: linux-mediatek, linux-pm, lkml

Hi,

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 04:58:30PM +0800, YH Huang wrote:
If I revise the description in this way(using your clear explanation):
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The battery capacity changing course is like this:

full: BATTERY_FULLY_CHARGED => POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_FULL
<unplug AC>
high->low: BATTERY_DISCHARGING => POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_DISCHARGING
~0%: DISCHARGING & FULLY_DISCHARGED => POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING
<plug in AC>
0%~20%: FULLY_DISCHARGED => POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_CHARGING
20%~: No flag => POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_CHARGING

For now, it is not exactly right to show the status as
POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING when the battery is dry
(FULLY_DISCHARGED) and AC is plugged in.
Although the battery is in a low level, system works fine with the AC
charging.
It is better to say that the battery is charging.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

How about this?
By the way, should I also revise the title?
POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING is used for AC connected, but
battery not charging (e.g. because battery temperature is out
of acceptable range). If you are discharging use
POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_DISCHARGING.

You should just ignore the FULLY_DISCHARGED bit in the status
property. If you don't want to loose the information about fully
discharged battery add POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_CAPACITY_LEVEL, which maps:

BATTERY_FULLY_CHARGED => POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY_LEVEL_FULL
FULLY_DISCHARGED => POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY_LEVEL_CRITICAL
otherwise => POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY_LEVEL_NORMAL

-- Sebastian
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