In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wes Peters writes:
: Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
: >
: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wri
: > tes:
: >
: > >So what does everyone think? Is it suitable to add a read only
: > >sysctl 'machdep.apm_powerstate' that reports either AC, nn%,
: > >or N/A ? Or should the format be numeric (999 = AC, <=100 = battery %,
: > >-1 = N/A)? Or should we not bother? :-)
: >
: > yes it is suitable.
:
: Perhaps machdep.apm.powerstate, leaving room in the namespace for other
: apm parameters? Charging state and battery life leap immediately to
: mind.
No. DO NOT CALL IT APM. APM is i386 specific and is doing its best
to die off in favor acpi.
If you must call it apm, do *NOT* cause being on AC power to override
the batery %. These are two different things and should be reported
as such.
machdep.apm.battery: 0..100 (for battery percentage)
machdep.apm.runtime: 0.. (for the reported battery life remaining)
machdep.apm.ac: 0 1 (1 means we're running off AC)
machdep.apm.charging: 0 1
machdep.apm.batteries: 0.. (number of batteries apm says are there)
But why bother? The apm command gives you this already. :-)
Warner
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