Boris Wong wrote: > I'm working on a theory of prolonged charging leading to the crashing of > the Freerunner in FDOM/om2008.9. I'm not saying it's definite, but I > have had some experiences of my phone ending up in kernel panic and > where the screen would not turn on after overnight charging without > suspension. > > Here is the scenario: > I plug in my Freerunner to the wall adaptor, to let it charge overnight. > I do not use suspension, but I do have the screen turn off > automatically. I sometimes don't unplug/plug it in again to make the > charging indicator (red light and the charging symbol on the screen) > appear. In the morning (6+ hours later), the phone will be in kernel > panic or the device will be on without the screen (calls and things get > through, monitor does not come on). > > The questionable theory: > Is there any chance that, since the kernel is not aware that the device > is charging (even though the device still charges to full), will create > crashes or reverse the loop of the battery indicators? I'm aware that > this is a smart battery which can dish out statistics. If the FR does > not know that it is charging, but the power is going up, I might think > that that may cause problems with the logging and power handling from > the kernel. > > Just a theory, but I really want to get rid of kernel panics and crashes > after not shutting down for a long time. > > Any other theories floating out there that we might want to consider?
Boris, You may get better results posting this to the kernel list. Michael _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
