[Kde-hardware-devel] Solid API additions for power management

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Tuesday 30 March 2010 20:08:13 Kevin Ottens wrote:
> > int timeToFullCharge() const; // Time remaining for the battery to be
> > fully charged
> 
> Same remarck than above. And also note that this one has been controversial
> in  the past (the whole "predictability" issue, discussed at lenght in
> plasma- devel actually).
> 
> Now, I think that upower has a much better markov chain based model (IIRC)
> to  do that, and that's the opportunity I was waiting for to get this info
> reported. Please check on the reliability of it before exposing it.

Shouldn't be a problem in this case. While battery drain depends on what you're doing 
with the system, charging behaviour should be pretty much linear.
-- 
sebas

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