APM vs. powerd(8)?

[Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>]

All,

these days acpi has an apm compatibility front-end:

# ACPI devices
apm*            at acpi?                # ACPI apm emulation

But how about powerd(8) and pre-acpi i386 notebooks? Is powerd 
supposed to replace apmd(8) on apm-only machines, or not? While 
<http://archive.netbsd.se/?ml=netbsd-tech-kern&a=2005-01&t=608790> 
seems to indicate intentions to do away with apmd, I am not sure 
whether they ever materialised?

(I am trying to set up power management for a Thinkpad 380D, and not 
quite sure how to proceed.)

        hauke

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