Michael Lorenz <macallan@NetBSD.org> writes:

> Second - how much do people really care about apm emulation? All it
> does is report battery and AC power state, data which will also be
> available via envsys, in much more detail.

As long as the pkgsrc battery-monitor type programs (I used xbattbar)
can cope with envsys, it's all good.


> Third - the power key. The old code ignores it, but my driver could
> actually do something useful like reporting it to powerd. Problem with
> this - on some powerbooks the power key is so close to the backspace
> key that people press it by accident so we better don't shut down
> unconditionally...

Reporting it is good. The default configuration should definitely be
to do nothing.

> So far it does NOT:
> support brightness and audio volume buttons on powerbooks
> support any sort of power management
> send weird phantom keycodes like the old driver

phantom keycodes - is that the caps lock stuff or something else?

        - Nathan