Battery Powered Linux Mini-HOWTO

David Lechnyr

david@lechnyr.com

Revision History
Revision 2.02002-10-08Revised by: drl
Major updates and conversion to DocBook SGML
Revision 1.01997-12-21Revised by: hm
Initial draft by Hanno Muller

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Copyright Information
1.2. Disclaimer
1.3. About this document
2. Power Management
2.1. Advanced Power Management (APM)
2.2. Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
2.3. APM vs. ACPI: Which one?
3. Power Management Techniques
3.1. Power saving - The obvious stuff
3.2. Power saving - The semi-obvious stuff
3.3. Power saving - The not-so-obvious stuff
4. Types of Batteries
4.1. Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd)
4.2. Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH)
4.3. Lithium Ion (Li-ion)
4.4. Smart Batteries
4.5. General Battery Care