power_supply: add CHARGE_COUNTER property and olpc_battery support for it

[GitHub/mt8127/android_kernel_alcatel_ttab.git] / Documentation / power / power_supply_class.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt
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--- a/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ of charge when battery became full/empty". It also could mean "value of
 charge when battery considered full/empty at given conditions (temperature,
 age)". I.e. these attributes represents real thresholds, not design values.
 
+CHARGE_COUNTER - the current charge counter (in µAh).  This could easily
+be negative; there is no empty or full value.  It is only useful for
+relative, time-based measurements.
+
 ENERGY_FULL, ENERGY_EMPTY - same as above but for energy.
 
 CAPACITY - capacity in percents.