From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 10:24:16 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 BC01D16A4D0 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 10:24:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from root.org (root.org [67.118.192.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 83FA543D31 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 10:24:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: (qmail 30669 invoked by uid 1000); 5 Mar 2004 18:24:17 -0000 Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 10:24:17 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson To: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <20040304.201932.78712700.imp@bsdimp.com> Message-ID: <20040305101907.P30482@root.org> References: <200403050239.i252dI0u007320@sana.init-main.com> <20040304.201932.78712700.imp@bsdimp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: doconnor@gsoft.com.au cc: takawata@init-main.com cc: src-committers@freebsd.org cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org 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: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 18:24:16 -0000 On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <200403051335.55836.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> > "Daniel O'Connor" writes: > : On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 13:09, Takanori Watanabe wrote: > : > : > apm(8) information is only emulated apm status. > : > The acpiconf -i informations are not available from apm(8) interface. > : > : acpiconf -i doesn't show stuff like battery percentage and estimated run time > : though.. > : > : I have a program which does and I'm going to shoe horn it into acpiconf and > : send diffs if I get some spare time :) > : > : It's seriously neat to see how many Watt's your laptop is using when you > : fiddle with stuff :) > > I have hacked my acpiconf to print more battery information too. I think this is the wrong way to go. Instead of having N separate utilities with their different syntax for N power management systems, we should have one user interface for battery and thermal and the PM system exports data in that defined format. My proposed plan is: * Unified sysctls for battery and thermal (hw.power.XXX) * Make sure both acpi(4) and apm(4) export information through that interface. * Move apm(8) to use those sysctls. * Remove any non-acpi-specific code from acpiconf(8) -Nate