Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:06:36 -0500 From: Francisco Reyes <lists@stringsutils.com> To: Ariff Abdullah <ariff@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: No APM yet for AMD? Message-ID: <cone.1136909196.954874.44874.1000@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <200512291412.19476.peter@wemm.org> <cone.1136052558.494842.28540.1000@zoraida.natserv.net> <20060103155509.GE13887@poupinou.org> <cone.1136308365.970162.45107.1000@zoraida.natserv.net> <20060103185047.GH13887@poupinou.org> <cone.1136387653.168993.62674.1000@zoraida.natserv.net> <20060104161842.GK13887@poupinou.org> <20060105005441.029835c1.ariff@FreeBSD.org> <43C2C6AB.5060605@root.org> <20060110050828.100b026a.ariff@FreeBSD.org> <20060110094712.GB32102@poupinou.org> <20060110181931.57fd0d39.ariff@FreeBSD.org>
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Ariff Abdullah writes: Given that APM is not available for AMD64 and we have to depend on ACPI.. I believe the patch is very helpfull. > At least I know when to plug in back my ac connector :) Between having zero info.. and having a percentage of charge.. it is MUCH better to have the percentage.. even if it's not completely accurate (which I believe.. if I followed Ariff's comment.. it is). > Well, I don't know much about FreeBSD ACPI. But at least, this > patch / fix / workaround does indeed help me and few others. I find it very helpfull and hope it gets commited.. so one has this capability and doesn't have to deal with patching the file every time one goes to the latest stable.
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