Le Fri, 07 Feb 2003 13:11:21 -0500
Steven M. Bellovin a écrit :
> In message <87ptq456nt.fsf@snark.piermont.com>, "Perry E. Metzger"
> writes:
> >
> >George Michaelson <ggm@apnic.net> writes:
[...]
> >> is apmd orthogonal to ACPI in user-space post boot?
> >> 
> >> if you have acpi, do you *need* apmd to do some power management
> >interfacing?
> >
> >We do not currently have power management under ACPI working.
> 
> I know there's talk of the "right" way to talk to the acpi drivers, but 
> even when something like that is finished, I think we'll still need 
> something that provides the same API as /dev/apm, just to preserve all 
> the tools that know how to use it.  (I'd love to try acpi on my laptop, 
> but if I can't even check the battery status it's a non-starter.)

Maybe it depends on the laptop and the ACPI support for it, but I have
access to the battery status through envstat(8). APM never worked for my
Dell Inspiron 2500 anyway.

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