Subject: Re: FYI: ENVSYS 2 ready
To: Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org>
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/15/2007 22:35:09
On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 03:47:43AM +0200, Juan RP wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:16:42 +0200
> Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org> wrote:
> 
> > - Old powerd(8) won't work anymore because POWER_EVENT_MSG_SIZE
> >   is now 128 bytes, where previously it used 32 bytes. There's no easy
> >   way to support the old powerd.
> 
> This is not valid anymore, I just added support for a "dictionary based
> communication channel" between sysmon_power.c and powerd(8).
> Old powerd (8) works as before via COMPAT_40, but it's only able to
> handle pswitch events.
> 
> Just FYI, here's new powerd(8) in debug mode:

[output snipped]

It is really nice to see this kind of user/kernel interface beginning
to appear in the tree.

Thor