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  From: Craig Markwardt <craigm@pcasun3.gsfc.nasa.gov>
  To  : <apmd-list@worldvisions.ca>
  Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 15:03:00 -0400 (EDT)

apm daemon, suspend/resume

[ Discussion with PCMCIA maintainer David Hinds forwarded with permission. ]

Craig Markwardt writes:
 > 
 > Hi--
 > 
 > There have been some recent improvements to apmd, the user-land daemon
 > that does APM logging.  apmd is now much more flexible about
 > performing user-specified actions before and after APM events ( see
 > http://www.worldvisions.ca/~apenwarr/apmd/ ).  A small dispatcher
 > script called /etc/apmd_proxy is called for most APM events.
 > 
 > The question we have been discussing now is, what default policy, if
 > any, should be applied.  For example, the script currently calls
 > "cardmgr suspend" and "cardmgr resume" for suspend and resume events.
 > I am also aware that the PCMCIA kernel modules directly receive APM
 > events and respond to them.  However, cards are hard suspended,
 > right(?)
 > 
 > So, are there any peculiar interactions we should be worried about
 > during a suspend or resume?  Is calling "cardmgr suspend" okay if the
 > kernel services have just been suspend or are about to be?
 > 
 > Thanks for your input,
 > 
 > Craig
 > 
 >