From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 5 19:15:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7134F37B401; Mon, 5 May 2003 19:15:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pop015.verizon.net (pop015pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.172]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E62DF43F75; Mon, 5 May 2003 19:15:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mtm@identd.net) Received: from kokeb.ambesa.net ([138.88.43.78]) by pop015.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.33 201-253-122-126-133-20030313) with ESMTP id <20030506021504.DGJJ17297.pop015.verizon.net@kokeb.ambesa.net>; Mon, 5 May 2003 21:15:04 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 22:15:02 -0400 From: Mike Makonnen To: Robert Watson In-Reply-To: References: <20030505235648.0FDEC2A8AE@canning.wemm.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at pop015.verizon.net from [138.88.43.78] at Mon, 5 May 2003 21:15:03 -0500 Message-Id: <20030506021504.DGJJ17297.pop015.verizon.net@kokeb.ambesa.net> cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: mtm@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org cc: peter@wemm.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d apm apmd archdep X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 02:15:09 -0000 On Mon, 5 May 2003 20:06:13 -0400 (EDT) Robert Watson wrote: > > > Umm, I dont think so. apm does not exist on amd64, cannot exist and > > never will exist. Please back this out. > > Well, ACPI does provide emulation for some of the apm(4) control ioctls, > such that apm(8) actually usefully reports on the power condition on ACPI > boxes. I'd imagine the functionality provided by apmd(8) would be useful > still with ACPI, but I don't know if it either directly speaks ACPI or > whether the ACPI apm emulation is sufficient to support apmd. If it does, > then in theory the apm startup scripts could be useful on ACPI-supporting > platforms, including ia64 and AMD64. If that's the case, we might > seriously think about renaming apmd to powerd or the like. > Should this still be backed out ? FWIW, everything that I ported over to rc.d *was* in rc.amd64. Cheers. -- Mike Makonnen | GPG-KEY: http://www.identd.net/~mtm/mtm.asc mtm@identd.net | D228 1A6F C64E 120A A1C9 A3AA DAE1 E2AF DBCC 68B9 mtm@FreeBSD.Org| FreeBSD - The Power To Serve