From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 19 08:17:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C450816A4BF for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:17:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail15.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D416643FCB for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:17:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) Received: (qmail 18539 invoked from network); 19 Aug 2003 15:17:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 19 Aug 2003 15:17:44 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7JFHf9s089749; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:17:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:18:05 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: John Baldwin cc: stable@FreeBSD.org cc: re@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: HEADSUP: apm(4) driver synced with current X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:17:47 -0000 On 18-Aug-2003 John Baldwin wrote: > In order to support the eventual MFC of a limited and experimental acpi(4) > driver from -CURRENT, I have merged a few changes from -CURRENT to -STABLE > including: > > - Power management interface (subr_power.c) > - pmtimer(4) driver. Unlike -CURRENT this driver does not require > 'device pmtimer' in the kernel config so that existing kernel configs > do not have to be changed. > - Updated suspend/resume code in the i386 interrupt and clock code. > - APM driver updated for the above changes (includes syncing with > -CURRENT) > > There should be no regression in APM functionality. If there is, please > let myself and re@ know. Working APM in 4.9-RELEASE is more important > than experimental ACPI support. > > Thanks. Just to clarify: the incoming ACPI support will be experimental and therefore _optional_. It will only be in a 4.x kernel if you explicitly build custom kernel with 'device acpica' in it. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/