Alexander I. Gordeev wrote: > > On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 01:18:26AM -0300, Peter Selinger wrote: > > I'll defer to Alexander Gordeev; he has worked extensively on the > > megatec_usb driver, which is solving a somewhat similar problem, > > although the protocol is different. > > > > The UPS shutdown 30 seconds after the "low battery" event might have > > been initiated by software. Or does the UPS also shut down at that > > time when it's not being monitored? > > > > -- Peter > > > > Well, I used usbsnoop to capture the USB traffic but I never needed to > decode UPS protocol itself. Doubt I can be of much help here.
What I had in mind was not the protocol part, but rather all the surrounding stuff that needs to go into a special-purpose USB driver: USB recognition, possible -x options, error handling, Makefile magic, etc. Since you did all of that recently, you probably have a fresh memory of all that needs to be done. I haven't had time to read Eric's patch, but once it is working (on his hardware), implements a reasonable set of features (power monitoring and shutdown), and is reasonably NUT compliant, it should certainly be included in SVN. Before we make a release, you (for the megatec_usb driver) should also think about whether to mark the driver as "experimental" (see docs/new-drivers.txt:95). If you feel it is stable enough, it doesn't need to be marked experimental. However, once it's in a release, there will be a certain expectation that it works, and marking it experimental for a while is a way to remind users that they are using it at their own risk. The same goes for the Sweex driver when it's included. -- Peter _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list Nut-upsuser@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser