Re: Making powerd=YES default

[Marc Balmer <mbalmer%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

Am 25.07.11 20:11, schrieb Emmanuel Dreyfus:
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 03:12:40PM +0100, Jean-Yves Migeon wrote:
>> As said to Emmanuel, I have no problem enabling it on a per-arch
>> basis by patching etc.[i386,amd64]/Makefile.
> 
> I think the sysctl telling that power management is avaiable, and
> having powerd start or not depending on it, is a good idea: the
> syscl could be usefull for other purposes.

Yes, indeed, I like this idea.  That is way smarter than having sysinst
asking for it.  So yes, start powerd by default and have it exit if it
finds out it can operate anyways.