Re: Patch to correct battery capacity values on Thinkpads (repost)

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On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:58:57AM +0100, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > > My guess is that this problem has been around ever since those machines
> > > have been released, but because the most common Thinkpad batteries are
> > > rated at 10.8V, the error (8%) is small enough that it simply hasn't been
> > > noticed or at least nobody could be bothered to look into it.
> > 
> > Yeah, the DSDT simply multiples the values by 10 when it's in this 
> > state. But the issue is purely cosmetic, right? I can't see any reason 
> > anything would be using the design voltage in calculations.
> 
> current energy percent = 100 * energy_now / energy_full_design

Right. That's not the voltage.

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