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Date:      Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:25:46 -0800 (PST)
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/acpi/acpiconf acpiconf.c
Message-ID:  <20040306102511.R38217@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <200403061118.32829.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
References:  <200403051335.55836.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20040305101907.P30482@root.org> <200403061118.32829.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>

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On Sat, 6 Mar 2004, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 05:05, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> > I see value in being able to get to the raw battery information from
> > whatever system is present.
> >
> > Now, having said that, I have no problems with there being a unified
> > interface also.  I don't think that we can shoe-horn all systems into
> > providing all this information.
>
> I think it would be sensible to leave /dev/apm as is since a lot of
> applications already know how to talk to it..

/dev/apm is going nowhere since that is the main user interface that is
used by apps like xbatt.

-Nate



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