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authorRamakrishna Pallala <ramakrishna.pallala@intel.com>2012-08-23 06:50:21 +0530
committerAnton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org>2012-08-22 19:56:37 -0700
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power_supply: Add new power supply AUTHENTIC property
It is possible that users can use non-standard chargers or use invalid batteries especially with mobile devices. This patch adds a new power supply property called 'AUTHENTIC' to indicate this to the user(user space). Signed-off-by: Ramakrishna Pallala <ramakrishna.pallala@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org>
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@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ This defines trickle and fast charges. For batteries that
are already charged or discharging, 'n/a' can be displayed (or
'unknown', if the status is not known).
+AUTHENTIC - indicates the power supply (battery or charger) connected
+to the platform is authentic(1) or non authentic(0).
+
HEALTH - represents health of the battery, values corresponds to
POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_*, defined in battery.h.