From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 6 10:25:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D049B16A4D0 for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:25:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from root.org (root.org [67.118.192.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 98CF743D2F for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:25:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: (qmail 38254 invoked by uid 1000); 6 Mar 2004 18:25:46 -0000 Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:25:46 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson To: Daniel O'Connor In-Reply-To: <200403061118.32829.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Message-ID: <20040306102511.R38217@root.org> References: <200403051335.55836.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20040305101907.P30482@root.org> <200403061118.32829.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org cc: takawata@init-main.com cc: src-committers@freebsd.org cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org cc: "M. Warner Losh" Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/acpi/acpiconf acpiconf.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 18:25:46 -0000 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