Re: [PATCH 3/5] power_supply: add a TRICKLE_CHARGING status, andadd it to the olpc driver

[Richard A. Smith]

Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 07:13:17PM -0400, Richard A. Smith wrote:
> > Mark Brown wrote:
>
> > > A separate file with the detailed information would sidestep this since
> > > it's a new interface.  I'm not strongly opposed to adding the new states
> > > but I do think it's worth considering other ways of doing this.
>
> > I've got no problems with a new interface.  But, i'm also not the person  
> > writing the driver. :)
>
> It's really no bother from the driver point of view either way, it's the
> user space applications that are the concern here - are they going to
> cope well with a new state appearing there?

I can only speak for OLPC's usage.  But my script, the documentation on 
our wiki, and HAL are the only things that I know of that use that info 
and none of them should have any problem with it changing.

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Richard Smith  <richard@xxxxxxxxxx>
One Laptop Per Child
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