On Thursday 17 May 2012 19:44:58 Sergey Senozhatsky wrote: > [PATCH] factor out powertop_init() function > > Factor out powertop_init() function to perform basic initialization on > powertop start up. > > Commit 057d6126eb6329c86b29a2e0219c0d0e49a84191 moved init after > commandline options parsing. However, in some cases we need it before > parsing, e.g. -- calibration. > > Reported-by: Lekensteyn <lekensteyn(a)gmail.com&gt; > Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky(a)gmail.com&gt;

Tested-by: Lekensteyn <lekensteyn(a)gmail.com&gt;

Now this problem is solved, I hit another problem with --calibrate. The program throws an exception because my /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/current_now returns -ENODEV when the cable is removed from the laptop (and thus when the battery is being used). This issue is at least in kernel 3.2, but probably occurs in 3.0 too. 2.6.38 is half unaffected (only shortly after disconnecting the power cable). I saw somewhere that this device is replaced by power_current (cannot remember exact name), but I have no power... entries in the BAT0 directory. With the 1.97 version from Debian, I do not see ACPI power estimate, but it does not crash either. The old powertop 1 (1.13?) showed the ACPI power estimate correctly. The backtrace for the error: Loaded 0 prior measurements Cannot load from file /var/cache/powertop/saved_parameters.powertop Starting PowerTOP power estimate calibration Calibrating idle terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::ios_base::failure' what(): basic_filebuf::underflow error reading the file

#10 0x000000000041b0e3 in read_sysfs (filename=..., ok=0x7fffffffc45d) at lib.cpp:190 #11 0x0000000000441f84 in sysfs_power_meter::get_sysfs_attr (this=<optimized out>, attribute=<optimized out>, value=0x7fffffffd4ac) at measurement/sysfs.cpp:44 #12 0x00000000004420ff in sysfs_power_meter::set_rate_from_current (this=0x83faf0, voltage=11.994) at measurement/sysfs.cpp:86 #13 0x00000000004422c9 in sysfs_power_meter::measure (this=0x83faf0) at measurement/sysfs.cpp:143 #14 0x000000000043ff6d in end_power_measurement () at measurement/measurement.cpp:86 #15 0x0000000000442e3a in one_measurement (seconds=<optimized out>) at main.cpp:190 #16 0x000000000043f762 in idle_calibration () at calibrate/calibrate.cpp:423 #17 calibrate () at calibrate/calibrate.cpp:466 #18 0x00000000004066b5 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffe728) at main.cpp:379 ... (gdb) up ... #10 0x000000000041b0e3 in read_sysfs (filename=..., ok=0x7fffffffc45d) at lib.cpp:190 190 file >> i; (gdb) print filename.c_str() $2 = 0x844d78 "/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/current_now" Below is are the contents of the BAT0 directory with connected power cable: > alarm:0 > charge_full:4231000 > charge_full_design:5600000 > charge_now:4231000 > current_now:0 > cycle_count:0 > manufacturer:NOTEBOOK > model_name:BAT > present:1 > serial_number:0001 > status:Full > technology:Li-ion > type:Battery > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=BAT0 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Full > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_CYCLE_COUNT=0 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN=11100000 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=12720000 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_CURRENT_NOW=0 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL_DESIGN=5600000 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL=4231000 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_NOW=4231000 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_MODEL_NAME=BAT > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_MANUFACTURER=NOTEBOOK > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_SERIAL_NUMBER=0001 > voltage_min_design:11100000 > voltage_now:12720000 And here with cable disconnected: > alarm:0 > charge_full:4231000 > charge_full_design:5600000 > charge_now:4205000 > grep: current_now: No such device > cycle_count:0 > manufacturer:NOTEBOOK > model_name:BAT > present:1 > serial_number:0001 > status:Discharging > technology:Li-ion > type:Battery > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=BAT0 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Discharging > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_CYCLE_COUNT=0 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN=11100000 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=12263000 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL_DESIGN=5600000 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL=4231000 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_NOW=4205000 > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_MODEL_NAME=BAT > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_MANUFACTURER=NOTEBOOK > uevent:POWER_SUPPLY_SERIAL_NUMBER=0001 > voltage_min_design:11100000 > voltage_now:12263000 I am trying to find out which commit caused it. Regards, Peter