On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 21:50 +0200, Johannes Mockenhaupt wrote: > Joerg Sommer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I saw OS X can show the count of charge cycles. Can we have this in Linux > > too? > > > > http://www-astro.phys.metro-u.ac.jp/users/masai/darwin-app.html > > > > JÃrg. > > Pbbuttonsd has an option you might like (quoting pbbutonsd.conf(5)): > > batlog = battery log mode (default: none) > Setting this option to one of the following values activates some > sort of battery data logging. > > none: disable battery data logging > > cycle: Pbbuttonsd counts the battery cycles so that it would be pos- > sible to estimate batteries lifetime. Usually Li-Ion batter- > ies allow 500 charge/discharge cycles.
Well, that's the count done by pbbuttons itself, but I suspect there is a HW count. There is also a way to differenciate different batteries (a battery ID). We need to figure out what PMU commands provide these informations. Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
