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

[YH Huang]

On Sat, 2016-04-02 at 05:46 +0200, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:42:31AM +0800, YH Huang wrote:
> > On Wed, 2016-03-30 at 17:09 +0200, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> > > 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
> > 
> > Oops.
> > It looks like I misunderstand POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING.
> > As Daniel said before, we could just ignore FULLY_DISCHARGED.
> > 
> > So change like the
> > 
> > sbs-battery: fix power status when battery charging near
> > dry
> > 
> > POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING is used for AC connected, but
> > battery not charging (e.g. because battery temperature is out
> > of acceptable range).
> > 
> > When battery is charging near dry and BATTERY_FULL_DISCHARGED is set,
> > it is wrong to set as POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING.
> > Just use BATTERY_DISCHARGING to decide the power supply status is
> > discharging or charging.
> > 
> >                 if (ret & BATTERY_FULL_CHARGED)
> >                         val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_FULL;
> > -               else if (ret & BATTERY_FULL_DISCHARGED)
> > -                       val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING;
> >                 else if (ret & BATTERY_DISCHARGING)
> >                         val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_DISCHARGING;
> > 
> 
> Yes, that looks fine. Can you send this correctly formated for git?

Sure, I will send a new patch for it.

YH Huang