Hi! > > +if [ ! -d "/proc/sin" ]; then > > + echo "/proc/sin not found, has sinmod been loaded?" > > + exit > > +fi > > No new /proc files, please. > > This was merely a prototype realized in a hurry, not a production > driver. Really, I did't think it could be interesting for anybody. > > Would be /sys ok?
If it has to be in kernel, /sys/power is probably ok. But I still believe it can be out. Yes, I believe it is interesting: on modern machine, you want to control keyboard illumination, lower backlight after short inactivity, turn screen off after longer one, etc... > Heh. We'll waste power trying to save it. > > Well, not just a power saver. For example I use SIN to auto-logoff my bash > session as well (detaching the screen session.) Ok, ok :-). > If you have to hook it into kernel, can you at least do it properly? > > Of course. You can find attached a patch fixing this. Now SIN wakes up just > when it expects to do something: if in the meantime the user interacts with > the > system, SIN simply recalculates the next wake-up time on the basis of the last > user's activity date and goes to sleep again. Good. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/