Re: [PATCH 1/4] properly create kobjects in acpi/scan.c

[Mattia Dongili <dongili-vcC760zL2fQ1GQ1Ptb7lUw@public.gmane.org>]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 12:23:04AM +0900, Hiroshi Miura wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> At Tue, 24 Aug 2004 01:34:15 -0500,
> Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > 04-acpi-multiple-readers.patch
> > 	- allow multiple readrs access /proc/acpi/event, every event is
> > 	  delivered to all readers. Also limit number of pending events
> > 	  to 64 (per reader) so if reader is stuck ACPI does not consume
> > 	  all memory.
> > 
> > 	  Can be user by various daemons, I could see cpufreqd listening
> > 	  for battery insertion/removal events and debugging is much
> > 	  easier too.
> 
> 'acpid' has soket interface for other daemon/utillities.
> 
> from man acpid
>        In  addition  to  rule  files, acpid also accepts connections on a UNIX
>        domain socket (/var/run/acpid.socket by default).  Any application  may
[...]
> I think it is enough.

but relying on the availability of acpid is not a good approach. And why
can acpid hijack /proc/acpi/event?
Allowing multiple readers is much better for every daemon that needs to
get acpi events.

just my 0.2 :)
-- 
mattia
:wq!


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