On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Dan J Fraser wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> > [ CC'd tech-userlevel, since this is probably a totally userland thing. ]
> > On Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:27:43 -0500 (EST) 
> >  Dan J Fraser <dfraser@mother.com> wrote:
> >  > I'd like to set up NetBSD to automatically shut down my UPS during a power
> >  > failure... monitoring the UPS is not a problem, but I need to send an
> >  > ioctl to the serial port to tell the UPS to shut off power to the computer
> >  > after NetBSD has shut down completely.
> > 
> > Hmm, do you _need_ to perform an ioctl?  What is the command you send
> > to the UPS?  Can't you just write a message out the tty?  (I assume
> > you're reading messages on the tty from the UPS..)
> 
> The UPS (APC Back-UPS 400) requires a high RS-232 level signal to one of
> it's pins in order to shut down the power.  
> 
> The UPS puts out high RS-232 level signal to indicate a power
> failure... so it could be monitored by watching the CD line of the comport
> or somesuch.  You'd do something like raise DTR to tell it to shut down.
> The UPS will only shut off power during an actual power failure, so
> accidental shutdowns aren't really a problem.

You don't need a new ioctl. As (I think) Mike Long suggested, an lkm which
added a shutdown hook will do.

There already is an ioctl to let you twiddle one of the modem control
lines. It's TIOCMSET (to SET the Modem bits). I believe the com driver is
one of the drivers which supports this ioctl.

man 4 tty for more details.

Take care,

Bill