Re: Making powerd=YES default

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Mon, 25 Jul 2011, Matt Thomas wrote:

> Not all arches support power management.  Maybe there should be a 
> sysctl which indicates whether the kernel support power management. 
> /etc/rc.d/powerd could check this to see if starting powerd makes 
> sense.  How does powerd determine the power states that are supported?


powerd invokes the scripts /etc/powerd/scripts/sensor_* and it is the 
scripts' job to decide what to do.



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