# Steven M. Bellovin 2006-07-01:
> On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:28:15 -0700, "Garrett D'Amore"
> <garrett_damore@tadpole.com> wrote:
> 
> > Well, I've made the mistake of looking at what we currently have in
> > NetBSD.  And comparing it with some real (our) hardware.
> > 
> > There are few quick points for discussion:
> > 
> > [... power management (not) in NetBSD ...]
> >
> I've been thinking similar thoughts.  I have a paper design for (what I
> had tentatively called) envstatd.  The config file would look something
> like this:
> 
> 	acpibat0         <.04      /bin/shutdown -p now
> 	temp=acpitemp	 >70*2	   /bin/shutdown -p now
> 
> where the *2 indicates that it has to happen twice in a row.

What does "twice in a row" mean? What about ">70*2m" ==> "temperature
over 70 degC for two minutes"?

	-- Jachym