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  From: David Hinds <dhinds@varesearch.com>
  To  : <apmd-list@worldvisions.ca>
  Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 15:51:59 -0700

Questions/comments about apmsleep

What would people think about merging 'apmsleep' into the 'apm'
command?  It seems a natural place to put this functionality.

An implementation issue: I was actually going to write something
similar, before I found out it already existed.  However, my plan was
to use the APM 1.2 calls for setting the APM resume timer.  I do not
know if it is more or less likely for the APM 1.2 calls to exist, or
if these calls are always implemented using the RTC alarm anyway.  Are
there any other advantages/disadvantages we should consider for using
the RTC device, versus implementing the APM 1.2 features?  The APM 1.2
calls have some additional functionality, such as enabling/disabling
wake-on-ring or wake-on-pcmcia-ring, as well.

I had also thought that it would be useful to implement more options:
i.e., allow setting or unsetting the timer, independent of whether the
system was to be suspended or not.  This might make things like
integration with cron/at a bit easier.  Comments?

-- Dave Hinds