Re: apm command netbsd 8

[Michael Jensen <rednight%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, maya%netbsd.org@localhost wrote:

> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 05:02:05 +0000
> From: maya%netbsd.org@localhost
> To: Michael Jensen <rednight%SDF.ORG@localhost>
> Cc: netbsd-users%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Subject: Re: apm command netbsd 8
>
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 07:22:04AM -0600, Michael Jensen wrote:
> > Has the old apm command been removed in NetBSD 8? If not what do I need to
> > get it back. Also the apm api is needed for asbatt in pkgsrc can this be
> > made to work with newer versions?
>
> envstat gives battery information for ACPI and others. Not sure what
> asbatt is.  Is it really APM and not ACPI?


asbatt is a X11 battery monitir. I'm aware of envstat the old apm was much 
simpler. I've been working writing a replacement X battery monitor that 
uses the far more convoluted acpi api. APM wasmuch easier to deal with as 
it pretty much just returned a struct from it's ioctl.


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