Re: [PATCH] [RFC]power: battery: Generic battery driver using IIO

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On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 09:44:04PM +0530, Sannu K wrote: [...]
> Just Curious what is the use of this module? Is there any user space
> program uses this? When ACPI drivers for battery is available how
> useful will this be?

That's mostly for embedded devices. They often have batteries directly
connected to ADC (analog to digital converters) channels, so that's the
only way to read e.g. voltage.

As for userspace, since it's battery class driver, pretty much every
userspace stack can use it.

Thanks,
Anton.
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