On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Stuart D. Gathman wrote:
> keep simulation parameters in a separate config file from driver parameters.

Meanwhile file docs/developers.txt writes (watch the third sentence):
| Note: this does not apply to drivers.  Driver authors should use the
| upsdrv_makevartable() scheme to pick up values from ups.conf.  Drivers
| should not have their own config files.
| 
| Drivers may have their own data files, such as lists of hardware,
| mapping tables, or similar.  The difference between a data file and a
| config file is that users should never be expected to edit a data file
| under normal circumstances.  This technique might be used to add more
| hardware support to a driver without recompiling.

Now what? :-)

It is hard to decide if "charging current of an imaginary UPS" or
"the maximal charge time" is a hardware description or
simulation data.

Gabor

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