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On Tuesday, March 9, 2021 7:30 AM, Ottavio Caruso
<ottavio2006-usenet2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 08/03/2021 17:35, Jean-Pierre de Villiers wrote:
>
> > Refer to sensorsd(8) and acpibat(4). Given those and related manual
> > pages I'm relatively certain you should be able to achieve this.
> > OpenBSD is well-known for its clear and extensive documentation so use
> > this to your advantage. The apropos(1) utility is your best friend :).
> > Your second and third best friends are the FAQ and the mailing list
> > archives.
> > I am working under the assumption that no proprietary blobs are
> > necessary to accomplish your goal. Otherwise, I am afraid you are out
> > of luck as OpenBSD does not and never will contain any such blobs.
> > They are "black boxes" and thus cannot be trusted.
> > Regards,
> > JP
> > On 21/03/08 07:05pm, Subhaditya Nath wrote:
> >
> > > I have a Thinkpad E495 that has Battery Charge threshold support. i.e.
> > > it can be set such that the battery starts charging at a specified
> > > amount of charge (say, 70%) and automatically stops charging at a
> > > specified charge (say, 80%). This feature is also available on Linux by
> > > using TLP (made by linrunner, his website is linrunner.de)
> > > The problem is, I searched for this option in OpenBSD, but I couldn't
> > > find it.
> > > It is a very crucial functionality for me. So, if somebody can please
> > > tell me where I can set it, I would be very very thankful.
> > > (Pardon my bad english, it's not my first language)
>
> acpibat, as it stands, doesn't and cannot set/manipulate battery charge
> threshold levels.
>
>
>
Hi Subhaditya,
nice to see another AMD ThinkPad #495 user.
I am writing from a T-495. although i have no direct openbsd technical advice
for you, i thought i would ask about your reason for TLP ? often by
understanding your requirements, the community may be able to offer alternate
solutions.
perhaps as your name suguests you may be located in the Indian sub continent,
and Mains Power may be intermittent.. and your looking to get through a days
work.. or perhaps you want to maximise your Mobile work sitting in a park ? or
perhaps you jsut really like 80% battery :)
it's my personal finding that TLP on linux since kernel 5.x does very little..
i am using right now Pop_OS! (because of citrix/MS-teams for work), and i get
about 5-7 hours run time..
with OpenBSD i get about 5-6. (no citrix/MS-teams)
MS-Windows-10 to my chagrin, outperforms both bsd/linux reaching closer to
10hrs.
so if battery runs times are important to you, you might have the wrong mix :(
-Sub.
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> Ottavio Caruso
>
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