From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeremy Moles Subject: Re: ACPI+Userspace Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:05:30 -0400 Message-ID: <1119204330.4337.13.camel@localhost> References: <1118705856.3814.6.camel@localhost> Reply-To: jeremy-9vekgGPT+OA7YuNMryXyOw@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1118705856.3814.6.camel@localhost> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Well, spent some time Friday night and went ahead and did it. README included, along with some stuff in the source which may/may not be correct. :/ In particular, the sscanf may be hackish... I do mostly C++ and python code, so I'm not that good C string stuff. All comments are welcome. P.S. The Makefile has "make in" and "make out" targets. Any OS that lets you type "make out" at a commandline--and then do something interesting--is just fine by me. :) On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 19:37 -0400, Jeremy Moles wrote: > Hello all--quick question. > > As bad as it may seem, I was wondering if it is possible to generate > ACPI events in userspace? That is: propogate any arbitrary "string" up > through the ACPI subsystem, eventually getting dumped > to /proc/acpi/event which, in our case, is being watched and acted on by > the userspace util ACPID. > > The obvious answer is: "Call /etc/acpi/hander with your string!"--which > is always an option--but I'd like to know if it's possible simply to use > for testing/debugging. I could write a driver supporting ioctls to pass > stuff via acpi_bus_generate_event (I think?), but that's wayyy too much > work for what I'm wanting this for. I'm sure there are reasons this > isn't a good idea, and I'd be glad to hear those too (to increase my > understanding of ACPI!). > > Anyway--thanks ahead of time. Weee. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput > a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? > If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. > Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 > _______________________________________________ > Acpi-devel mailing list > Acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acpi-devel ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click