diff --git a/app-laptop/tpacpi-bat/files/tpacpi-bat.confd.0 b/app-laptop/tpacpi-bat/files/tpacpi-bat.confd.0
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-# /etc/conf.d/tpacpi-bat: config file for /etc/init.d/tpacpi-bat
-
-# use '/etc/init.d/tpacpi-bat info' at any time to check the thresholds
-# currently used by the driver
-
-# default thresholds for '/etc/init.d/tpacpi-bat start'
-TPACPI_BAT_THRESH_START="30"
-TPACPI_BAT_THRESH_STOP="85"
-# values to be used for '/etc/init.d/tpacpi-bat low'
-TPACPI_BAT_LOW_THRESH_START="${TPACPI_BAT_THRESH_START}"
-TPACPI_BAT_LOW_THRESH_STOP="${TPACPI_BAT_THRESH_STOP}"
-
-# values to be used for '/etc/init.d/tpacpi-bat high'
-TPACPI_BAT_HIGH_THRESH_START="95"
-TPACPI_BAT_HIGH_THRESH_STOP="99" #see bug #485526
diff --git a/app-laptop/tpacpi-bat/files/tpacpi-bat.initd.1 b/app-laptop/tpacpi-bat/files/tpacpi-bat.initd.1
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-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-# Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Christoph Junghans <junghans@gentoo.org>
-#
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, v2 or later
-
-extra_started_commands="low high info"
-
-BATS="1"
-
-depend() {
-	after modules
-}
-
-start() {
-	local state1
-
-	ebegin "Making sure that module 'acpi_call' is loaded"
-	modprobe acpi_call
-	state1=$?
-	eend ${state1}
-
-	[ "${state1}" -ne "0" ] && return 1
-
-	ebegin "Starting ${SVCNAME}"
-	set_all ${TPACPI_BAT_THRESH_START} ${TPACPI_BAT_THRESH_STOP}
-	eend $?
-}
-
-stop() {
-	einfo "Nothing required to be done to stop ${SVCNAME}"
-}
-
-require_started() {
-	if ! service_started; then
-		"${RC_SERVICE}" start || return $?
-	fi
-}
-
-high() {
-	require_started
-
-	einfo "Switching ${SVCNAME} to high thesholds"
-	set_all ${TPACPI_BAT_HIGH_THRESH_START} ${TPACPI_BAT_HIGH_THRESH_STOP}
-}
-
-low() {
-	require_started
-
-	einfo "Switching ${SVCNAME} to low thesholds"
-	set_all ${TPACPI_BAT_LOW_THRESH_START} ${TPACPI_BAT_LOW_THRESH_STOP}
-}
-
-set_all() {
-	local tstart=$1
-	local tstop=$2
-	local bat
-
-	for bat in ${BATS}; do
-		ebegin "  setting thresholds for ${bat}: $tstart $tstop"
-		/usr/bin/tpacpi-bat -s startThreshold ${bat} ${tstart}
-		/usr/bin/tpacpi-bat -s stopThreshold ${bat} ${tstop}
-		eend $?
-	done
-}
-
-info() {
-	local tstart
-	local tstop
-	local bat
-
-	require_started
-
-	for bat in ${BATS}; do
-		tstart=$(/usr/bin/tpacpi-bat -g startThreshold ${bat})
-		tstop=$(/usr/bin/tpacpi-bat -g stopThreshold ${bat})
-		einfo "Battery ${bat}: ${tstart} ${tstop}"
-	done
-}