> > This fixes units, and makes format tag: value. Please apply.
>
> The units seem to vary. I suggest using fundamental SI units.
> That would be meters, kilograms, seconds, and maybe a very
> few others -- my memory fails me on this.
>
> Power meter applets will be eternally buggy if you force them
> to deal with units that change. In fact there is no reason to
> print the units if you always use the fundamental units.
Problem is that _hardware_ wants to talk us two different units.
Sometimes it wants to tell us watts.
Sometimes hw wants to tell us volts and ampers.
I believe kernel should not do any translation. [It is _not_ trivial
-- if battery voltage changes with time.]
Pavel
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