Re: kern/42236: cannot start apmd if kernel configured APM device as apm1

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

The following reply was made to PR kern/42236; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, 
        gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: kern/42236: cannot start apmd if kernel configured APM device as 
apm1
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:48:25 -0400

 On Oct 26,  4:15pm, hashikaw%biology.tohoku.ac.jp@localhost 
(hashikaw%biology.tohoku.ac.jp@localhost) wrote:
 -- Subject: kern/42236: cannot start apmd if kernel configured APM device as 
 
 | >Number:         42236
 | >Category:       kern
 | >Synopsis:       cannot start apmd if kernel configured APM device as apm1
 | >Confidential:   no
 | >Severity:       serious
 | >Priority:       low
 | >Responsible:    kern-bug-people
 | >State:          open
 | >Class:          sw-bug
 | >Submitter-Id:   net
 | >Arrival-Date:   Mon Oct 26 16:15:00 +0000 2009
 | >Originator:     Kouichi Hashikawa
 | >Release:        NetBSD-5.0.1/i386
 | >Organization:
 | >Environment:
 | NetBSD fuurin 5.0.1 NetBSD 5.0.1 (HIMAWARI) #2: Mon Oct 26 20:28:16 JST 2009 
 
root@fuurin:/current/netbsd/build/obj/current/netbsd/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/HIMAWARI
 i386
 | >Description:
 | I configure my kernel as:
 | 
 | apm0   at mainbus0                     # Advanced power management
 | ...
 | acpi0           at mainbus0
 | ...
 | apm*            at acpi?                # ACPI apm emulation
 | ...
 | 
 | and start this kernel. if device configured as
 | 
 | acpi0 at mainbus0: Intel ACPICA 20080321
 | ...
 | apm1 at acpi0: Power Management spec V1.2
 | 
 | then /etc/rc.d/apmd cannot start:
 | 
 | cannot open device file `/dev/apmctl'
 
 Try commenting out the apm0 entry.
 
 christos