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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
103.Dv SIGHUP ,
104it will reread its configuration file and
105notify the APM device driver of any changes to its configuration.
106.Pp
107The
108.Nm
109utility uses the device
110.Pa /dev/apmctl
111to issue
112.Xr ioctl 2
113requests for monitoring events and for controlling the APM system.
114This device file is opened exclusively, so only a single
115.Nm
116process can be running at any time.
117.Pp
118When
119.Nm
120receives an APM event, it forks a child process to execute the
121commands specified in the configuration file and then continues
122listening for more events.
123The child process executes the commands
124specified, one at a time and in the order that they are listed.
125.Pp
126While
127.Nm
128is processing the command list for SUSPEND/STANDBY requests, the APM kernel
129device driver issues notifications to APM BIOS once per second so that the
130BIOS knows that there are still some commands pending, and that it should not
131complete the request just yet.
132.Pp
133The
134.Nm
135utility creates the file
136.Pa /var/run/apmd.pid ,
137and stores its process
138id there.
139This can be used to kill or reconfigure
140.Nm .
141.Sh CONFIGURATION FILE
142The structure of the
143.Nm
144configuration file is quite simple.
145For example:
146.Pp
147.Bd -literal
148apm_event SUSPENDREQ {
149       exec "sync && sync && sync";
150       exec "sleep 1";
151       exec "zzz";
152}
153.Ed
154.Pp
155will cause
156.Nm
157to receive the APM event
158.Ql SUSPENDREQ
159(which may be posted by an LCD close), run the
160.Ql sync
161command 3 times and wait for a while, then execute
162.Nm zzz ( Ns Nm apm Fl z )
163to put the system in the suspend state.
164.Pp
165.Bl -bullet
166.It
167The apm_event keyword
168.Bd -ragged -offset indent
169.Ql apm_event
170is the keyword which indicates the start of configuration for
171each event.
172.Ed
173.It
174APM events
175.Bd -ragged -offset indent
176If you wish to execute the same commands for different events, the
177event names should be delimited by a comma.
178The following are
179valid event names:
180.Bl -item
181.It
182- Events ignored by the kernel if
183.Nm
184is running:
185.Pp
186.Bl -tag -width USERSUSPENDREQ -compact -offset indent
187.It STANDBYREQ
188.It USERSTANDBYREQ
189.It SUSPENDREQ
190should include sync in the command list,
191.It USERSUSPENDREQ
192should include sync in the command list,
193.It BATTERYLOW
194only zzz should be specified in the command list.
195.El
196.It
197- Events passed to
198.Nm
199after kernel handling:
200.Pp
201.Bl -tag -width USERSUSPENDREQ -compact -offset indent
202.It NORMRESUME
203.It CRITRESUME
204.It STANDBYRESUME
205.It POWERSTATECHANGE
206.It UPDATETIME
207.It CAPABILITIESCHANGE
208.El
209.Pp
210Other events will not be sent to
211.Nm .
212.El
213.Ed
214.It
215command line syntax
216.Bd -ragged -offset indent
217In the example above, the three lines beginning with
218.Ql exec
219are commands for the event.
220Each line should be terminated with a semicolon.
221The command list for the event should be enclosed by
222.Ql {
223and
224.Ql } .
225The
226.Nm
227utility uses
228.Pa /bin/sh
229for double-quotation enclosed command execution, just as with
230.Xr system 3 .
231Each command is executed in order until the end of
232the list is reached or a command finishes with a non-zero status code.
233The
234.Nm
235utility will report any failed command's status code via
236.Xr syslog 3
237and will then reject the request event posted by the APM BIOS.
238.Ed
239.It
240Built-in functions
241.Bd -ragged -offset indent
242You can also specify
243.Nm
244built-in functions instead of command lines.
245A built-in function name should be terminated with a semicolon,
246just as with a command line.
247The following built-in functions are currently supported:
248.Bl -item
249.It
250- reject:
251.Bd -ragged -offset indent
252Reject last request posted by APM BIOS.
253This can be used to reject
254a SUSPEND request when the LCD is closed and put the system in a
255STANDBY state instead.
256.Ed
257.El
258.Ed
259.El
260.Sh FILES
261.Bl -tag -width /etc/apmd.conf -compact
262.It Pa /etc/apmd.conf
263.It Pa /dev/apmctl
264.It Pa /var/run/apmd.pid
265.El
266.Sh EXAMPLES
267Sample configuration commands include:
268.Bd -literal
269apm_event SUSPENDREQ {
270        exec "/etc/rc.suspend apm suspend";
271}
272
273apm_event USERSUSPENDREQ {
274        exec "sync && sync && sync";
275        exec "sleep 1";
276        exec "apm -z";
277}
278
279apm_event NORMRESUME {
280        exec "/etc/rc.resume apm suspend";
281}
282
283apm_event STANDBYRESUME {
284        exec "/etc/rc.resume apm standby";
285}
286
287# resume event configuration for serial mouse users by
288# reinitializing a moused(8) connected to a serial port.
289#
290#apm_event NORMRESUME {
291#       exec "kill -HUP `cat /var/run/moused.pid`";
292#}
293#
294# suspend request event configuration for ATA HDD users:
295# execute standby instead of suspend.
296#
297#apm_event SUSPENDREQ {
298#       reject;
299#       exec "sync && sync && sync";
300#       exec "sleep 1";
301#       exec "apm -Z";
302#}
303.Ed
304.Sh SEE ALSO
305.Xr apm 4 ,
306.Xr apm 8
307.Sh HISTORY
308The
309.Nm
310utility appeared in
311.Fx 3.3 .
312.Sh AUTHORS
313.An Mitsuru IWASAKI Aq iwasaki@FreeBSD.org
314.An KOIE Hidetaka Aq koie@suri.co.jp
315.Pp
316.An -nosplit
317Some contributions made by
318.An Warner Losh Aq imp@FreeBSD.org ,
319.An Hiroshi Yamashita Aq bluemoon@msj.biglobe.ne.jp ,
320.An Yoshihiko SARUMARU Aq mistral@imasy.or.jp ,
321.An Norihiro Kumagai Aq kuma@nk.rim.or.jp ,
322.An NAKAGAWA Yoshihisa Aq nakagawa@jp.FreeBSD.org ,
323and
324.An Nick Hilliard Aq nick@foobar.org .
325