Refresh method authorization

[Richard Hughes]

On 30 September 2010 13:04, Marc Ferland <marc.ferland at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm having BIOS/firmware related problems that prevent some interrupt
> from being sent to the OS. I have to manually refresh the status.
> Since the problem is firmware related, it will probably won't be fixed
> in the kernel (see this bug report for more info:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19022). The only option
> left is to refresh the status by polling.

Right, is there any DMI data or device data that can be used to force
upower to keep polling? I think that's preferable than userspace keep
requesting Refresh().

Richard.