Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 22:15:02 -0400 From: Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: peter@wemm.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d apm apmd archdep Message-ID: <20030506021504.DGJJ17297.pop015.verizon.net@kokeb.ambesa.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030505200135.86150M-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <20030505235648.0FDEC2A8AE@canning.wemm.org> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030505200135.86150M-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Mon, 5 May 2003 20:06:13 -0400 (EDT) Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > Umm, I dont think so. apm does not exist on amd64, cannot exist and > > never will exist. Please back this out. > > Well, ACPI does provide emulation for some of the apm(4) control ioctls, > such that apm(8) actually usefully reports on the power condition on ACPI > boxes. I'd imagine the functionality provided by apmd(8) would be useful > still with ACPI, but I don't know if it either directly speaks ACPI or > whether the ACPI apm emulation is sufficient to support apmd. If it does, > then in theory the apm startup scripts could be useful on ACPI-supporting > platforms, including ia64 and AMD64. If that's the case, we might > seriously think about renaming apmd to powerd or the like. > Should this still be backed out ? FWIW, everything that I ported over to rc.d *was* in rc.amd64. Cheers. -- Mike Makonnen | GPG-KEY: http://www.identd.net/~mtm/mtm.asc mtm@identd.net | D228 1A6F C64E 120A A1C9 A3AA DAE1 E2AF DBCC 68B9 mtm@FreeBSD.Org| FreeBSD - The Power To Serve
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