RFC: ACPI namespace

[Richard Hughes]

Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd <at> luon.net> writes:

> 
> Note that on my powerbook it's not just on/off, but it actually has a range of
> 15 steps iirc.. Just something to keep in mind when exporting it..

Got any ideas?

I'll post the preliminary XML tonight in seporate posts so you guys can 
review it.

> > Not sure this is useful to export; power management already happens
> > within the kernel for good reason: it's not sane to wait for userspace
> 
> Not sure if you mean the location or the sensors but both are usefull. Some
> people like monitoring applications, which should be very easy to build on top
> of hal if we provide this kind of information. 
> 
> Also for my light sensors it is actually a usespace applications that handles
> them. So also i would like to build on top of hal as soon as it provided the
> information needed :)

Yes, I think a lot of people would like this.

> 
>   Sjoerd

Richard

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