David Balazic <david.balazic@uni-mb.si> writes:
> The newer version has among other things support for
> the APM_IOC_REJECT ioctl which is useful for example
> when implementing "run /sbin/shutdown -h when the power
> button is pressed".
>
> While isn't this merged into the official kernel ?
The maintainer hasn't the time to do it. He promised me he would in
February, when I telephone, but hasn't bothered to do anything
AFAICS. I hacked together the following patch for it a while ago,
which updated APM_IOC_REJECT for slightly more recent kernels (be
warned, I think I made some mistakes)
I made a (IMHO) better version called pmpolicy, based on different
principles. More information is available at
http://john.snoop.dk/programs/linux/offbutton/
The most recent version of the patch (for 2.4.2) is not yet uploaded
however - mail me if you want it. It has not been included in the
kernel, because the APM maintainer Stephen Rothwell didn't like the
idea of me implementing it, as some people at linuxcare (including
Stephen) want to do it differently themselves. However this
"political" reason aside, Alan Cox says it changes too much for a
stable release so I guess it's not going in.
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