regarding apmd

[Richard Hughes]

On 01/02/07, samata talera <samata.talera at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> hi all,
> can anyone tell me what does this file hald/linux2/apm.c do ?

Connects to APM and reads the AC state and battery level.

>>after goin
> thru it, i came to know know that it reads the gconf key values and also
> writes to the keys by set_string and get_string.

Hal does not use Gconf.

> does the hal aslo support apmd as it supports acpid by reading the
> /proc/acpi/events and performing the required action against it.
> does it also read the /dev/apmbios to check the apm events ?

Yes, APM support works with Hal.

Richard