Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 22:49:23 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: nate@root.org Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d apm apmd archdep Message-ID: <20030505.224923.08937755.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0305052148140.6590-100000@root.org> References: <20030505.224242.91394668.imp@bsdimp.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0305052148140.6590-100000@root.org>
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Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> writes:
: On Mon, 5 May 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > The apm(4) emulation that acpi(4) does now is limited to reporting
: > battery life. It doesn't generate the same events that apmd would be
: > listening for. And in the latest import, the apm emulation layer
: > seems to be broken, at least for my machine. But maybe it is (a) my
: > batteries suck or (b) ACPI's reporting of the battery information
: > broke for my machine.
:
: Compare the output of apm to sysctl hw.acpi.(mumble battery) to see which
: it is.
I did, and I think they are consistant (modulo one bug that's been
there for a long time). However, I have batteries that are nearly
worn out, so I don't know if the battery is no longer reporting the
status, or if acpi broke.
Warner
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