cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d apm apmd archdep

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Mon May 5 21:51:49 PDT 2003


In message: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0305052148140.6590-100000 at root.org>
            Nate Lawson <nate at root.org> writes:
: On Mon, 5 May 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > The apm(4) emulation that acpi(4) does now is limited to reporting
: > battery life.  It doesn't generate the same events that apmd would be
: > listening for.  And in the latest import, the apm emulation layer
: > seems to be broken, at least for my machine.  But maybe it is (a) my
: > batteries suck or (b) ACPI's reporting of the battery information
: > broke for my machine.
: 
: Compare the output of apm to sysctl hw.acpi.(mumble battery) to see which
: it is.

I did, and I think they are consistant (modulo one bug that's been
there for a long time).  However, I have batteries that are nearly
worn out, so I don't know if the battery is no longer reporting the
status, or if acpi broke.

Warner


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