Re: CVS commit: src/sys/dev/pci

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 02:19:22PM -0500, David Holland wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 06:46:46PM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
>  > > right, I don't see how this is related to environmental sensors / power 
>  > > management.
>  > 
>  > Let's follow FreeBSD's decision and drop the whole environmental sensor
>  > framework in terms of custom sysctl nodes all over the tree.
>  > 
>  > Seriously, RAID state is a environmental factor and making it as easy
>  > accessible as possible is a good thing. It is not like this is adding a
>  > lot of code...
> 
> It is only "environmental" by stretching the definition of
> "environmental" a long way.
> 
> I don't think it's bad to have this logic, but I think it needs to be
> framed and presented in a way that makes sense, and that means things
> ought to appear under the right names and in sensible places.
> 
> Really, if you were looking for ways to set up RAID monitoring and
> failure notification, would you look in /etc/*powerd*?

It's the same as setting up notifications for failing fans or power
supplies, temperature overheat, etc ...

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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