----- Original Message -----
> Dear Jaroslav,
> 
> 
> Am Freitag, den 24.02.2012, 16:00 +0100 schrieb Jaroslav Škarvada:
> > Proposed fix for firmwares that provides POWER_NOW instead of
> > CURRENT_NOW.
> 
> thank you for the patch. Could you elaborate on the problem you are
> addressing and add maybe a link to more information about the
> difference
> between POWER_NOW and CURRENT_NOW?
> 
Hi,

according to ACPI spec the "Power Unit" of _BIF (Battery Information)
object can be:

0x00000000 – Capacity information is reported in [mWh] and charge/
 discharge rate information in [mW].
0x00000001 – Capacity information is reported in [mAh] and charge/
 discharge rate information in [mA].

The kernel ACPI battery driver uses this information and exposes
charge_battery_props (i.e. the CURRENT_NOW) or energy_battery_props
(i.e. the POWER_NOW) according to value of "Power Unit".

This problem was originally reported as:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796068

regards

Jaroslav

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