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28.\"     @(#)apmd.8	1.1 (FreeBSD) 6/28/99
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31.Dd June 28, 1999
32.Dt APMD 8 i386
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm apmd
36.Nd Advanced Power Management monitor daemon
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl d
40.Op Fl f file
41.Op Fl s
42.Op Fl v
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46utility
47monitors the occurrence of the specified Advanced Power Management
48.Pq Tn APM
49events and, if one of the events occurs, it executes the sequence of
50commands corresponding to the event.
51Only the events specified in the
52configuration file are notified to
53.Nm ;
54all other events are ignored.
55For each event posted by the APM BIOS,
56.Nm
57invokes the sequence of commands specified in the configuration file.
58When
59.Nm
60is running with monitoring suspend/standby requests,
61the kernel will not process those requests.
62Therefore, if you wish action to be taken when these events
63occur, you need to explicitly configure the appropriate commands or
64built-in functions in the configuration file.
65.Pp
66The
67.Nm
68utility recognizes the following runtime options:
69.Bl -tag -width -f_file
70.It Fl d
71Starts in debug mode.
72This causes
73.Nm
74to execute in the foreground instead of in daemon mode.
75.It Fl f Ar file
76Specifies a different configuration file
77.Ar file
78to be used in place of the default
79.Pa /etc/apmd.conf .
80.It Fl s
81Causes
82.Nm
83to simulate a POWERSTATECHANGE event when a power state change is detected
84(AC_POWER_STATE) but the bios of the laptop does not report it.
85This enables you to do things like dimming the LCD backlight when you unplug
86the power cord.
87.It Fl v
88Verbose mode.
89.El
90.Pp
91When
92.Nm
93starts, it reads the configuration file
94.Pa ( /etc/apmd.conf
95as default)
96and notifies the set of events to be monitored to the APM device driver.
97When it terminates, the APM device driver automatically cancels
98monitored events.
99.Pp
100If the
101.Nm
102process receives a SIGHUP, it will reread its configuration file and
103notify the APM device driver of any changes to its configuration.
104.Pp
105The
106.Nm
107utility uses the device
108.Pa /dev/apmctl
109to issue
110.Xr ioctl 2
111requests for monitoring events and for controlling the APM system.
112This device file is opened exclusively, so only a single
113.Nm
114process can be running at any time.
115.Pp
116When
117.Nm
118receives an APM event, it forks a child process to execute the
119commands specified in the configuration file and then continues
120listening for more events.
121The child process executes the commands
122specified, one at a time and in the order that they are listed.
123.Pp
124While
125.Nm
126is processing the command list for SUSPEND/STANDBY requests, the APM kernel
127device driver issues notifications to APM BIOS once per second so that the
128BIOS knows that there are still some commands pending, and that it should not
129complete the request just yet.
130.Pp
131The
132.Nm
133utility creates the file
134.Pa /var/run/apmd.pid ,
135and stores its process
136id there.
137This can be used to kill or reconfigure
138.Nm .
139.Sh CONFIGURATION FILE
140The structure of the
141.Nm
142configuration file is quite simple.
143For example:
144.Pp
145.Bd -literal
146apm_event SUSPENDREQ {
147       exec "sync && sync && sync";
148       exec "sleep 1";
149       exec "zzz";
150}
151.Ed
152.Pp
153will cause
154.Nm
155to receive the APM event
156.Ql SUSPENDREQ
157(which may be posted by an LCD close), run the
158.Ql sync
159command 3 times and wait for a while, then execute
160.Nm zzz ( Ns Nm apm Fl z )
161to put the system in the suspend state.
162.Pp
163.Bl -bullet
164.It
165The apm_event keyword
166.Bd -ragged -offset indent
167.Ql apm_event
168is the keyword which indicates the start of configuration for
169each events.
170.Ed
171.It
172APM events
173.Bd -ragged -offset indent
174If you wish to execute the same commands for different events, the
175event names should be delimited by a comma.
176The following are
177valid event names:
178.Bl -item
179.It
180- Events ignored by the kernel if
181.Nm
182is running:
183.Pp
184.Bl -tag -width USERSUSPENDREQ -compact -offset indent
185.It STANDBYREQ
186.It USERSTANDBYREQ
187.It SUSPENDREQ
188should include sync in the command list,
189.It USERSUSPENDREQ
190should include sync in the command list,
191.It BATTERYLOW
192only zzz should be specified in the command list.
193.El
194.It
195- Events passed to
196.Nm
197after kernel handling:
198.Pp
199.Bl -tag -width USERSUSPENDREQ -compact -offset indent
200.It NORMRESUME
201.It CRITRESUME
202.It STANDBYRESUME
203.It POWERSTATECHANGE
204.It UPDATETIME
205.It CAPABILITIESCHANGE
206.El
207.Pp
208Other events will not be sent to
209.Nm .
210.El
211.Ed
212.It
213command line syntax
214.Bd -ragged -offset indent
215In the example above, the three lines beginning with
216.Ql exec
217are commands for the event.
218Each line should be terminated with a semicolon.
219The command list for the event should be enclosed by
220.Ql {
221and
222.Ql } .
223The
224.Nm
225utility uses
226.Pa /bin/sh
227for double-quotation enclosed command execution, just as with
228.Xr system 3 .
229Each command is executed in order until the end of
230the list is reached or a command finishes with a non-zero status code.
231The
232.Nm
233utility will report any failed command's status code via
234.Xr syslog 3
235and will then reject the request event posted by the APM BIOS.
236.Ed
237.It
238Built-in functions
239.Bd -ragged -offset indent
240You can also specify
241.Nm
242built-in functions instead of command lines.
243A built-in function name should be terminated with a semicolon,
244just as with a command line.
245The following built-in functions are currently supported:
246.Bl -item
247.It
248- reject:
249.Bd -ragged -offset indent
250Reject last request posted by APM BIOS.
251This can be used to reject
252a SUSPEND request when the LCD is closed and put the system in a
253STANDBY state instead.
254.Ed
255.El
256.Ed
257.El
258.Sh FILES
259.Bl -tag -width /etc/apmd.conf -compact
260.It Pa /etc/apmd.conf
261.It Pa /dev/apmctl
262.It Pa /var/run/apmd.pid
263.El
264.Sh EXAMPLES
265Sample configuration commands include:
266.Bd -literal
267apm_event SUSPENDREQ {
268        exec "/etc/rc.suspend apm suspend";
269}
270
271apm_event USERSUSPENDREQ {
272        exec "sync && sync && sync";
273        exec "sleep 1";
274        exec "apm -z";
275}
276
277apm_event NORMRESUME {
278        exec "/etc/rc.resume apm suspend";
279}
280
281apm_event STANDBYRESUME {
282        exec "/etc/rc.resume apm standby";
283}
284
285# resume event configuration for serial mouse users by
286# reinitializing a moused(8) connected to a serial port.
287#
288#apm_event NORMRESUME {
289#       exec "kill -HUP `cat /var/run/moused.pid`";
290#}
291#
292# suspend request event configuration for ATA HDD users:
293# execute standby instead of suspend.
294#
295#apm_event SUSPENDREQ {
296#       reject;
297#       exec "sync && sync && sync";
298#       exec "sleep 1";
299#       exec "apm -Z";
300#}
301.Ed
302.Sh SEE ALSO
303.Xr apm 4 ,
304.Xr apm 8
305.Sh HISTORY
306The
307.Nm
308utility appeared in
309.Fx 3.3 .
310.Sh AUTHORS
311.An Mitsuru IWASAKI Aq iwasaki@FreeBSD.org
312.An KOIE Hidetaka Aq koie@suri.co.jp
313.Pp
314.An -nosplit
315Some contributions made by
316.An Warner Losh Aq imp@FreeBSD.org ,
317.An Hiroshi Yamashita Aq bluemoon@msj.biglobe.ne.jp ,
318.An Yoshihiko SARUMARU Aq mistral@imasy.or.jp ,
319.An Norihiro Kumagai Aq kuma@nk.rim.or.jp ,
320.An NAKAGAWA Yoshihisa Aq nakagawa@jp.FreeBSD.org ,
321and
322.An Nick Hilliard Aq nick@foobar.org .
323