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Date:      Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:40:42 +0800
From:      Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>
To:        Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Cc:        Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>, freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: powerd, please test patch
Message-ID:  <48AB923A.6030207@pacific.net.sg>
In-Reply-To: <48AAE3CF.50405@root.org>
References:  <48AA2F87.8060506@pacific.net.sg> <20080819073709.GU32539@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <48AAE3CF.50405@root.org>

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Hi,

Nate Lawson wrote:
> Peter Jeremy wrote:
>> On 2008-Aug-19 10:27:19 +0800, Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> wrote:
>>> I am using powerd on a notebook. Stopping powerd left the CPU running in 
>>> the last mode it was in.
>>>
>>> This patch extents powerd's command line by the parameter '-e' to set 
>>> the exit mode.
>> Can you please submit a PR with your patches as context or unified diffs.
>>
>>> This patch is for FreeBSD 6.3 updated beginning of the month.
>> Without either context or exact file revisions, your patch cannot be
>> safely applied.
> 
> Instead of setting an exit mode with a new -e flag, why not just save
> the original value when powerd starts and restore it on exit?
> 
why not do both with your idea as the default?

I will try to do this over the weekend and then try to file a proper patch.

Erich



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