Re: kern/42236: cannot start apmd if kernel configured APM device as apm1

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

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From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: Kouichi Hashikawa <hashikaw%biology.tohoku.ac.jp@localhost>, 
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
        kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/42236: cannot start apmd if kernel configured APM device as 
apm1
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:27:04 -0400

 On Oct 27,  6:17am, hashikaw%biology.tohoku.ac.jp@localhost (Kouichi 
Hashikawa) wrote:
 -- Subject: Re: kern/42236: cannot start apmd if kernel configured APM device
 
 | > Try commenting out the apm0 entry.
 | 
 | Thank you christos, but I want to know why NetBSD don't prepare
 | /dev/apm1 or /dev/apmctl1, like another device.
 
 Don't know, I'll have to take a look. This device is special, because
 there can be only one in the system. I don't think it makes sense to
 have apm1 etc...
 
 christos