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Commit 89655fbb authored by Arvid Norlander's avatar Arvid Norlander Committed by Hans de Goede
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platform/x86: Battery charge mode in toshiba_acpi (internals)



This commit adds the internal functions to control the Toshiba laptop.

Unlike for example ThinkPads where this control is granular here it is
just off/on. When off it charges to 100%. When on it charges to about 80%.

Controlling this setting is done via HCI register 0x00ba. Setting to value
1 will result in limiting the charing to 80% of the battery capacity,
while setting it to 0 will allow charging to 100%.

Reading the current state is a bit weird, and needs a 1 set in the last
position of the query for whatever reason. In addition, the read may
return 0x8d20 (Data not available) rarely, so a retry mechanism is needed.

According to the Windows program used to control the feature the setting
will not take effect until the battery has been discharged to around 50%.
However, in my testing it takes effect as soon as the charge drops below
80%. On Windows Toshiba branded this feature as "Eco charging".

Signed-off-by: default avatarArvid Norlander <lkml@vorpal.se>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220902180037.1728546-2-lkml@vorpal.se


Reviewed-by: default avatarHans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarHans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
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