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Date:      Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:40:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        acpi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: apm problem
Message-ID:  <20040623123827.O86825@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040616.135044.85075412.imp@bsdimp.com>
References:  <20040616171408.0f88c928.liamfoy@sepulcrum.org> <20040616.135044.85075412.imp@bsdimp.com>

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On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> As it relates to acpi, however, there is one bug.  First in
> acpi_capm_get_info(), if we can't get the battery info, we do:
>
> 	if (acpi_battery_get_battinfo(-1, &batt)) {
> 		aip->ai_batt_stat = 0xff;	/* unknown */
> 		aip->ai_batt_life = 0xff;	/* unknown */
> 		aip->ai_batt_time = -1;		/* unknown */
> -		aip->ai_batteries = 0;
> 	} else {
>
> instead, this should be:
> 	if (acpi_battery_get_battinfo(-1, &batt)) {
> 		aip->ai_batt_stat = 0xff;	/* unknown */
> 		aip->ai_batt_life = 0xff;	/* unknown */
> 		aip->ai_batt_time = -1;		/* unknown */
> +		aip->ai_batteries = -1;		/* Unknown */ [*]
> 	} else {
>
> [*] or 0xffffffff instead of -1.  0 is clearly wrong, since it means
> no batteries, not the number of batteries cannot be determined.

I agree with this.  I'd like to use ~0 instead of (u_int)-1.  Up to you
though.  Please commit.

> Finally, apm(8) needs the following patch, imho.  If drivers are
> producing results that produce bad things, they should be fixed, not
> apm(8).  I don't think that anything does actually produce them.
>
> Index: apm.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cache/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/apm/apm.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.32
> diff -u -r1.32 apm.c
> --- apm.c	27 May 2004 19:23:27 -0000	1.32
> +++ apm.c	16 Jun 2004 19:45:52 -0000
> @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
>
>  #define APMDEV	"/dev/apm"
>
> +#define APM_UNKNOWN 0xff		/* Unknown in APM BIOS spec */
> +
>  #define xh(a)	(((a) & 0xff00) >> 8)
>  #define xl(a)	((a) & 0xff)
>  #define APMERR(a) xh(a)
> @@ -156,7 +158,7 @@
>  	printf("APM version: %d.%d\n", aip->ai_major, aip->ai_minor);
>  	printf("APM Management: %s\n", aip->ai_status ? "Enabled" : "Disabled");
>  	printf("AC Line status: ");
> -	if (aip->ai_acline >= 255)
> +	if (aip->ai_acline == APM_UNKNOWN)
>  		printf("unknown");
>  	else if (aip->ai_acline > 1)
>  		printf("invalid value (0x%x)", aip->ai_acline);
> @@ -164,7 +166,7 @@
>  		printf("%s", line_msg[aip->ai_acline]);
>  	printf("\n");
>  	printf("Battery status: ");
> -	if (aip->ai_batt_stat >= 255)
> +	if (aip->ai_batt_stat == APM_UNKNOWN)
>  		printf("unknown");
>  	else if (aip->ai_batt_stat > 3)
>  		printf("invalid value (0x%x)", aip->ai_batt_stat);
> @@ -172,7 +174,7 @@
>  		printf("%s", batt_msg[aip->ai_batt_stat]);
>  	printf("\n");
>  	printf("Remaining battery life: ");
> -	if (aip->ai_batt_life >= 255)
> +	if (aip->ai_batt_life == APM_UNKNOWN)
>  		printf("unknown\n");
>  	else if (aip->ai_batt_life <= 100)
>  		printf("%d%%\n", aip->ai_batt_life);
> @@ -194,7 +196,7 @@
>  	}
>  	if (aip->ai_infoversion >= 1) {
>  		printf("Number of batteries: ");
> -		if (aip->ai_batteries >= 255)
> +		if (aip->ai_batteries == (u_int) -1)
>  			printf("unknown\n");
>  		else {
>  			u_int i;
> @@ -208,12 +210,12 @@
>  					continue;
>  				printf("Battery %d:\n", i);
>  				printf("\tBattery status: ");
> -				if (aps.ap_batt_flag <= 255 &&
> +				if (aps.ap_batt_flag != APM_UNKNOWN &&
>  				    (aps.ap_batt_flag & APM_BATT_NOT_PRESENT)) {
>  					printf("not present\n");
>  					continue;
>  				}
> -				if (aps.ap_batt_stat >= 255)
> +				if (aps.ap_batt_stat != APM_UNKNOWN)
>  					printf("unknown\n");
>  				else if (aps.ap_batt_stat > 3)
>  					printf("invalid value (0x%x)\n",
> @@ -222,7 +224,7 @@
>  					printf("%s\n",
>  					       batt_msg[aps.ap_batt_stat]);
>  				printf("\tRemaining battery life: ");
> -				if (aps.ap_batt_life >= 255)
> +				if (aps.ap_batt_life == (u_int)-1)
>  					printf("unknown\n");
>  				else if (aps.ap_batt_life <= 100)
>  					printf("%d%%\n", aps.ap_batt_life);

Please commit this patch after deciding whether you want to go with ~0 or
(u_int)-1.

-Nate



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