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BATTERY(4)              NetBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual             BATTERY(4)


NAME

     battery -- support for batteries and related functionality in Apple
     Powerbook 2400, 3400 and 3500 (also known as Original PowerBook G3)


SYNOPSIS

     battery* at pmu?


DESCRIPTION

     The battery driver provides support for batteries and hardware sensors
     found in 1st generation PCI-based PowerBooks, currently it only exports a
     few sensors via the envsys(4) interface, including battery charge, volt-
     age, CPU and battery temperature and AC power availability.


SEE ALSO

     envsys(4), pmu(4), envstat(8)


BUGS

     There is no APM emulation right now and the battery current sensor may
     return misleading or wrong data. This driver is considered preliminary
     and may be replaced at some point.

NetBSD 5.0.1                     April 2, 2008                    NetBSD 5.0.1