Subject: Re: CVS commit: src
To: None <freza@NetBSD.org>
From: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
List: source-changes
Date: 10/12/2007 00:49:08
> # Frank Kardel 2007-10-11:
> > I can follow yamt here. I am thinking of servers with
> > multiple power supplies and UPS. With the general abstraction
> > of several power sources with varying capacity we can handle
> > power supply redundancy, ups and batteries with a single concept.
> > Its all then just reduced to a set of power source sensors.
> 
> An UPS is an AC + battery builtin, so it could perhaps just register
> two sensors. And Juan's code already supports multiple ACs/batteries
> I think.
> 
> My point is that I'd like to avoid unnecessary abstraction if sanely
> possible...
> 
> 	-- Jachym

avoid unnecessary abstraction?
i suggested an alternative because the current abstraction
(eg. calling each power supplies in a server "ac adapter") seems weird
to me.

YAMAMOTO Takashi