acpi updates

[Richard Hughes]

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:47:20 -0500, David Zeuthen wrote:
>> the UDI can be easily created "../battery_BAT1", and just that object
>> changed.. no?
> Right, although I think I currently just call them
>  /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/acpi_BAT0 etc.

Sorry, I was being really unclear. What I meant to say is that you can
work out the specific UDI just from the information in acpi event data.
 
> The acpi-addon should be launched for every device object
> but should check that no other copies of itself is running.
> There are several ways to achieve this, e.g. taking a lock
> on something and so on. Not sure. I'll look at it tonight.

Not drinking tequila again? :-) Cheers for your hard work on this David,
I think power management in HAL will be one of the bid things for 2005.

> There is indeed a Wiki, see
> 
>  http://freedesktop.org/Software/hal

Whoo! Could you create a "development" page please (I'm a Wiki newbie),
and I'll post some links and screenshots and stuff. If nothing else than
for my own reference, but I'm sure it'll come in handy for everyone.

> but my own experiences tells me it's nicer to have things on the mailing
> list when it comes to this kind of project. Maybe that's just me, though
> :-)

Yes, we do seem to be moving *very* fast!

Richard.

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