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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
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm apmd
36.Nd Advanced Power Management monitor daemon
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm apmd
39.Op Fl d
40.Op Fl f file
41.Op Fl v
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Nm Apmd
44monitors the occurrence of the specified Advanced Power Management
45.Pq APM
46events and, if one of the events occurs, it executes the sequence of
47commands corresponding to the event.  Only the events specified in the
48configuration file are notified to
49.Nm apmd ;
50all other events are ignored.  For each event posted by the APM BIOS,
51.Nm apmd
52invokes the sequence of commands specified in the configuration file.
53When
54.Nm apmd
55is running with monitoring suspend/standby requests,
56the kernel will not process those requests.
57Therefore, if you wish action to be taken when these events
58occur, you need to explicitly configure the appropriate commands or
59built-in functions in the configuration file.
60.Pp
61.Nm Apmd
62recognizes the following runtime options:
63.Bl -tag -width -f_file
64.It Fl d
65Starts in debug mode.  This causes
66.Nm apmd
67to execute in the foreground instead of in daemon mode.
68.It Fl f Ar file
69Specifies a different configuration file
70.Ar file
71to be used in place of the default
72.Pa /etc/apmd.conf .
73.It Fl v
74Verbose mode.
75.El
76.Pp
77When
78.Nm apmd
79starts, it reads the configuration file
80.Po
81.Pa /etc/apmd.conf
82as default
83.Pc
84and notifies the set of events to be monitored to the APM device driver.
85When it terminates, the APM device driver automatically cancels
86monitored events.
87.Pp
88If the
89.Nm apmd
90process receives a SIGHUP, it will reread its configuration file and
91notify the APM device driver of any changes to its configuration.
92.Pp
93.Nm Apmd
94uses the device
95.Pa /dev/apmctl
96to issue
97.Xr ioctl 2
98requests for monitoring events and for controlling the APM system.
99This device file is opened exclusively, so only a single
100.Nm apmd
101process can be running at any time.
102.Pp
103When
104.Nm apmd
105receives an APM event, it forks a child process to execute the
106commands specified in the configuration file and then continues
107listening for more events.  The child process executes the commands
108specified, one at a time and in the order that they are listed.
109.Pp
110While
111.Nm apmd
112is processing the command list for SUSPEND/STANDBY requests, the APM kernel
113device driver issues notifications to APM BIOS once per second so that the
114BIOS knows that there are still some commands pending, and that it should not
115complete the request just yet.
116.Pp
117The
118.Nm apmd
119daemon creates the file
120.Pa /var/run/apmd.pid ,
121and stores its process
122id there.
123This can be used to kill or reconfigure
124.Nm apmd .
125.Sh CONFIGURATION FILE
126The structure of the
127.Nm apmd
128configuration file is quite simple.  For example:
129.Pp
130.Bd -literal
131apm_event SUSPENDREQ {
132       exec "sync && sync && sync";
133       exec "sleep 1";
134       exec "zzz";
135}
136.Ed
137.Pp
138will cause
139.Nm apmd
140to recieve the APM event
141.Ql SUSPENDREQ
142(which may be posted by an LCD close), run the
143.Ql sync
144command 3 times and wait for a while, then execute
145.Nm zzz
146(
147.Nm apm
148.Fl z
149)
150to put the system in the suspend state.
151.Pp
152.Bl -bullet
153.It
154The  apm_event keyword
155.Bd -ragged -offset indent
156.Ql apm_event
157is the keyword which indicates the start of configuration for
158each events.
159.Ed
160.It
161APM events
162.Bd -ragged -offset indent
163If you wish to execute the same commands for different events, the
164event names should be delimited by a comma.  The following are
165valid event names:
166.Bl -item
167.It
168- Events ignored by the kernel if
169.Nm apmd
170is running:
171.Pp
172.Bl -tag -hang -width USERSUSPENDREQ -compact -offset indent
173.It STANDBYREQ
174.It SUSPENDREQ
175should include sync in the command list,
176.It USERSUSPENDREQ
177should include sync in the command list,
178.It BATTERYLOW
179only zzz should be specified in the command list.
180.El
181.It
182- Events passed to
183.Nm apmd
184after kernel handling:
185.Pp
186.Bl -tag -hang -width USERSUSPENDREQ -compact -offset indent
187.It NORMRESUME
188.It CRITRESUME
189.It STANDBYRESUME
190.It POWERSTATECHANGE
191.It UPDATETIME
192.El
193.Pp
194Other events will not be sent to
195.Nm apmd .
196.El
197.Ed
198.It
199command line syntax
200.Bd -ragged -offset indent
201In the example above, the three lines begining with
202.Ql exec
203are commands for the event.
204Each line should be terminated with a semicolon.
205The command list for the event should be enclosed by
206.Ql {
207and
208.Ql } .
209.Nm apmd
210uses
211.Pa /bin/sh
212for double-quotation enclosed command execution, just as with
213.Xr system 3 .
214Each command is executed in order until the end of
215the list is reached or a command finishes with a non-zero status code.
216.Nm apmd
217will report any failed command's status code via
218.Xr syslog 3
219and will then reject the request event posted by the APM BIOS.
220.Ed
221.It
222Built-in functions
223.Bd -ragged -offset indent
224You can also specify
225.Nm apmd
226built-in functions instead of command lines.
227A built-in function name should be terminated with a semicolon,
228just as with a command line.
229The following built-in functions are currently supported:
230.Bl -item
231.It
232- reject:
233.Bd -ragged -offset indent
234Reject last request posted by APM BIOS.  This can be used to reject
235a SUSPEND request when the LCD is closed and put the system in a
236STANDBY state instead.
237.Ed
238.El
239.El
240.Sh EXAMPLES
241Sample configuration commands include:
242.Bd -literal
243apm_event SUSPENDREQ {
244        exec "/etc/rc.suspend";
245}
246
247apm_event USERSUSPENDREQ {
248        exec "sync && sync && sync";
249        exec "sleep 1";
250        exec "apm -z";
251}
252
253apm_event NORMRESUME, STANDBYRESUME {
254        exec "/etc/rc.resume";
255}
256
257# resume event configuration for serial mouse users by
258# reinitializing a moused(8) connected to a serial port.
259#
260#apm_event NORMRESUME {
261#       exec "kill -HUP `cat /var/run/moused.pid`";
262#}
263#
264# suspend request event configuration for ATA HDD users:
265# execute standby instead of suspend.
266#
267#apm_event SUSPENDREQ {
268#       reject;
269#       exec "sync && sync && sync";
270#       exec "sleep 1";
271#       exec "apm -Z";
272#}
273.Ed
274.Sh FILES
275.Bl -tag -width /etc/apmd.conf -compact
276.It Pa /etc/apmd.conf
277.It Pa /dev/apmctl
278.It Pa /var/run/apmd.pid
279.El
280.Sh SEE ALSO
281.Xr apm 4 ,
282.Xr apm 8 ,
283.Xr apmconf 8
284.Sh AUTHORS
285.An Mitsuru IWASAKI Aq iwasaki@FreeBSD.org
286.An KOIE Hidetaka Aq koie@suri.co.jp
287.Pp
288Some contributions made by
289.An Warner Losh Aq imp@FreeBSD.org ,
290.An Hiroshi Yamashita Aq bluemoon@msj.biglobe.ne.jp ,
291.An Yoshihiko SARUMARU Aq mistral@imasy.or.jp ,
292.An Norihiro Kumagai Aq kuma@nk.rim.or.jp ,
293.An NAKAGAWA Yoshihisa Aq nakagawa@jp.FreeBSD.org ,
294and
295.An Nick Hilliard Aq nick@foobar.org .
296.Sh HISTORY
297The
298.Nm apmd
299command appeared in
300.Fx 4.0 .
301