From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 13 7:24:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from shidahara1.planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp (shidahara1.planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp [133.30.50.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2C6B37B699 for ; Sat, 13 Jan 2001 07:24:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from shidahara1.planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by shidahara1.planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA05193; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 00:25:37 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from takawata@shidahara1.planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp) Message-Id: <200101131525.AAA05193@shidahara1.planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp> To: Mitsuru IWASAKI Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFR: Generalized power-management interface In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 13 Jan 2001 23:15:49 JST." <20010113231549X.iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 00:25:37 +0900 From: Takanori Watanabe Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20010113231549X.iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org>, Mitsuru IWASAKI さんいわく : >> >I've update the patch based on some comments so far and added wmpm >> >(actually ACPI support for wmapm which is utility for WindowMaker) >> >ports files as a example. >> > >> >http://people.freebsd.org/~iwasaki/acpi/power-20010113.tar.gz >> >> What about treating it as a part of ioctl in existing device, then >> make symbolic link to a generalzed name,instead of consuming new >> major number? > >Does `existing device' mean APM or ACPI? Yes . >We don't know which power management system is enabled on the actual >system, so it's impossible. We need one mandatory device for PM to be >generalized. I think the opposite way is more reasonable. Why? Is it bad to check whether the device is available or not in rc? Takanori Watanabe Public Key Key fingerprint = 2C 51 E2 78 2C E1 C5 2D 0F F1 20 A3 11 3A 62 2A To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message