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