Re: Generic battery interface

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On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 12:48:51PM +0300, Shem Multinymous wrote:

> I don't think "update frequency" is a good abstraction. The hardware's
> update may not be variable and irrregular (e.g., event-based), and
> there's there's an issue of phase sync to avoid unnecessary latency.
> 
> The lazy polling approach I described in my last post to Vojtech
> ("block until there's  a new readout or N milliseconds have passed,
> whichever is later") looks like a more general, accurate and efficient
> interface.
 
If "N" is given by the kernel, then it's identical to an event-based
approach. ;) Just described in different words.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
Director SuSE Labs
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