Re: how to control battery charge level on a laptop

[Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost>]

Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola%libero.it@localhost> wrote:
> Henry wrote:
>>
>>  1) design capacity is said to be 5.376Ah, but written directly on the
>>  battery is 7.7V, 41Wh (=~5.324Ah) and nominal 5350mAh.  While small, the
>>  battery is being overcharged to 5.376Ah (101%).  Is there a way to
>>  correct the design capacity to 5.324Ah, and force the machine to keep
>>  the charge no higher than 5.324Ah?

> A pity we don't get cycle count here, I have seen batteries always
> saying 1 or so...

You only get cycle count in the Battery Information Extended (_BIX)
ACPI object.

I have a patch to add _BIX support if anyone would like to test it.