From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Smart Battery System driver
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:22:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1106328167.30227.18.camel@tyrosine> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41F136AE.3010603-OBnUx95tOyn10jlvfTC4gA@public.gmane.org>
On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 12:06 -0500, Rich Townsend wrote:
> But aren't we really looking for a kernel-based libpower -- so that
> *nothing* in userspace needs be exposed to the specifics of the hardware?
No. The kernel should provide information and functionality, not define
policy. A good comparison point might be the lm-sensors code - each
driver provides all the information it can, and the userland libsensors
abstracts that away from everything else.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-21 17:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-20 22:04 Re: Smart Battery System driver Grover, Andrew
[not found] ` <F760B14C9561B941B89469F59BA3A84708CBB988-sBd4vmA9Se6krb+BlOpmy7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2005-01-20 22:12 ` Karol Kozimor
2005-01-21 0:03 ` Matthew Garrett
2005-01-21 12:02 ` Paul Ionescu
2005-01-21 10:06 ` Simon Fowler
[not found] ` <20050121100618.GA3945-Ji7FXtOmRLs@public.gmane.org>
2005-01-21 13:22 ` Rich Townsend
2005-01-21 14:14 ` Stefan Seyfried
[not found] ` <20050121141449.GA15288-l0tNAEGuAhhzZ8+rp42Dbp9+tswZ0GTaehPwdyo5hKaELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org>
2005-01-21 17:06 ` Rich Townsend
[not found] ` <41F136AE.3010603-OBnUx95tOyn10jlvfTC4gA@public.gmane.org>
2005-01-21 17:22 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2005-01-21 18:04 ` Rich Townsend
[not found] ` <41F14424.6010600-OBnUx95tOyn10jlvfTC4gA@public.gmane.org>
2005-01-21 18:22 ` Matthew Garrett
2005-01-21 17:56 ` Stefan Seyfried
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2005-01-15 0:13 Matthew Garrett
2005-01-15 3:03 ` Johannes Kuhlmann
2005-01-15 10:57 ` Johan Vromans
2005-01-16 8:55 ` Rich Townsend
2005-01-18 3:03 ` Rich Townsend
2005-01-18 4:39 ` Rich Townsend
2005-01-19 4:32 ` Rich Townsend
2005-01-20 3:03 ` Rich Townsend
2005-01-20 15:12 ` Pedro Venda
2005-01-20 16:04 ` Rich Townsend
2005-01-20 21:10 ` Stefan Seyfried
[not found] ` <20050120211044.GA27543-l0tNAEGuAhhzZ8+rp42Dbp9+tswZ0GTaehPwdyo5hKaELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org>
2005-01-21 13:16 ` Pedro Venda
[not found] ` <41F1009C.30201-pQd4kjVL+REh2FBCd0jGRA@public.gmane.org>
2005-01-21 17:48 ` Stefan Seyfried
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