acer-wmi-battery
A linux kernel driver for the Acer WMI battery health control interface (by frederik-h)
minios
mini x86 Operating System <= 256KB (by vitaminac)
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GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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acer-wmi-battery
Posts with mentions or reviews of acer-wmi-battery.
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Battery life of suspended Acer Aspire laptop
I believe that the BIOS controls battery charging. There's an option to limit battery charging to 80%. I didn't find it in the BIOS but you can permanently set it in either - Acer Care Center under Windows or - https://github.com/frederik-h/acer-wmi-battery under Linux
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How to stop charging at 80% on Acer laptop?
Compile and load and set option with acer-wmi-battery.It worked fine from Debian/Ubuntu live USB so I didn't bother installing kernel-devel package on Fedora Silverlue , trying toolbox, Fedora Live media etc
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Enable battery limit on Linux
After some time spent on google, I found a solution: acer-wmi-battery custom driver.
- Battery only charging to 80 % (set under Windows)—How to change under Fedora?
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Is there anyway to limit battery charge to around 80% to help protect battery strength in a laptop?
I think it may depend on the brand of your laptop. For Acer I found this https://github.com/frederik-h/acer-wmi-battery/ If you're using a System76 one or other brands you might look for it. Try googling wmi "laptop brand" battery health Linux, or something like that. That's how I found this one
minios
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