cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/acpi/acpiconf acpiconf.c

[Nate Lawson]

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <200403051335.55836.doconnor at gsoft.com.au>
>             "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor at gsoft.com.au> writes:
> : On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 13:09, Takanori Watanabe wrote:
> :
> : > apm(8) information is only emulated apm status.
> : > The acpiconf -i informations are not available from apm(8) interface.
> :
> : acpiconf -i doesn't show stuff like battery percentage and estimated run time
> : though..
> :
> : I have a program which does and I'm going to shoe horn it into acpiconf and
> : send diffs if I get some spare time :)
> :
> : It's seriously neat to see how many Watt's your laptop is using when you
> : fiddle with stuff :)
>
> I have hacked my acpiconf to print more battery information too.

I think this is the wrong way to go.  Instead of having N separate
utilities with their different syntax for N power management systems, we
should have one user interface for battery and thermal and the PM system
exports data in that defined format.  My proposed plan is:

* Unified sysctls for battery and thermal (hw.power.XXX)
* Make sure both acpi(4) and apm(4) export information through that
interface.
* Move apm(8) to use those sysctls.
* Remove any non-acpi-specific code from acpiconf(8)

-Nate