Re: envstat wrong: who's at fault?

[buhrow%lothlorien.nfbcal.org@localhost (Brian Buhrow)]

        Hello.  My understanding is that the envsys(4) API has changed
significantly between NetBSD-4 and NetBSD-5, so before writing up  a wish
list, I'd look at the NetBSD-5 envsys(4) API and see if it addresses your
issues.  Note that I don't know what your issues are or what substtantial
changes were made between the two versions, but I believe they are
significant enough to look at. :)
-Brian
On Jul 26,  3:47am, der Mouse wrote:
} Subject: Re: envstat wrong: who's at fault?
} >> The problem is that the charge is decreasing significantly faster
} >> than the discharge rate indicates.
} > All values reported by envstat(8) come directly from ACPI.
} 
} I suspected maybe so.  Thank you for confirming it.
} 
} That's both good and bad news.  It's good news in that it means there's
} no bug-fixing, upgrading, or back-porting for me to do.  It's bad news
} in that it means the problem is effectively unfixable.
} 
} > You could consider some kind of normalization by using the envsys(4)
} > API, but I am afraid that there is not much we can do about the
} > actual readings.
} 
} The actual application-level program I've built (or rather, which I've
} built the first version of) does use the envsys(4) ioctls.  I guess
} I'll have to measure the discharge rate rather than believe what that
} field is returning, then, if it turns out I care about it (in the
} current version, I don't care about it, but some of the changes I've
} been thinking about would need it).
} 
} In passing, would it be appropriate and/or useful to suggest
} improvements to that API?  When I was writing code, I found the
} envsys(4) ioctls to be deficient for my purposes.  (Not cripplingly so,
} but annoyingly so.)  Would it be useful to outline what I as an
} application author would like to see, and, if so, should I do it here,
} or in a change-request PR, or what?
} 
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