APMD(8) OpenBSD System Manager's Manual APMD(8)NAMEapmd - Advanced Power Management daemon
SYNOPSISapmd [-AaCdHLs] [-f devname] [-S sockname] [-t seconds]
DESCRIPTIONapmd monitors the advanced power management device, apm(4), acting on
signaled events and upon user requests as sent by the apm(8) program.
For suspend and standby request events delivered by the BIOS, or via
apm(8), apmd runs the appropriate configuration program (if one exists),
syncs the buffer cache to disk and initiates the requested state. When
resuming after suspend or standby, apmd runs the appropriate
configuration program (if one exists).
When the power status changes (battery is connected or disconnected) apmd
fetches the current status and reports it via syslog(3) with logging
facility LOG_DAEMON.
The options are as follows:
-A Start apmd in automatic performance adjustment mode. In this
mode, when CPU idle time falls below 10%, or if the AC power is
connected and the battery is more than 15% charged, or if the
battery is absent, apmd raises hw.setperf to 100. Otherwise when
CPU idle time is above 30% and the system is running on battery
power, apmd lowers hw.setperf as much as possible to reduce power
consumption.
-a BIOS-initiated suspend or standby requests are ignored if the
system is connected to line current and not running from
batteries (user requests are still honored).
-C Start apmd in cool running performance adjustment mode. In this
mode, when CPU idle time falls below 10%, apmd raises hw.setperf
as much as necessary. Otherwise when CPU idle time is above 30%,
apmd lowers hw.setperf as much as possible to reduce heat, noise,
and power consumption.
-dapmd enters debug mode, logging to facility LOG_LOCAL1, and stays
in the foreground on the controlling terminal.
-f devname
Specify an alternate device file name, devname.
-H Start apmd in manual performance adjustment mode, initialising
hw.setperf to 100.
-L Start apmd in manual performance adjustment mode, initialising
hw.setperf to 0.
-S sockname
Specify an alternate socket name, sockname. The socket is
protected to mode 0660, UID 0, GID 0; this protects access to
suspend requests to authorized users only.
-s Current battery statistics are reported via syslog(3) and apmd
exits without monitoring the APM status.
-t seconds
apmd periodically polls the APM driver for the current power
state. If the battery charge level changes substantially or the
external power status changes, the new status is logged. The
polling rate defaults to once per 10 minutes, but may be
specified using the -t command-line flag.
When a client requests a suspend or stand-by state, apmd does not wait
for positive confirmation that the requested state has been entered
before replying to the client; to do so would mean the client does not
get a reply until the system resumes from its sleep state. Rather, apmd
replies with the intended state to the client and then places the system
in the requested state after running the configuration script and
flushing the buffer cache.
Actions can be configured for the following five transitions: suspend,
standby, resume, powerup, and powerdown. The suspend and standby actions
are run prior to apmd performing any other actions (such as disk syncs)
and entering the new state. The resume program is run after resuming
from a stand-by or suspended state. The powerup and powerdown programs
are run after the power status (AC connected or not) changes, as well as
after a resume (if the power status changed in the mean time).
FILES
/dev/apmctl Default device used to control the APM kernel
driver.
/etc/apm/suspend
/etc/apm/standby
/etc/apm/resume
/etc/apm/powerup
/etc/apm/powerdown These files contain the host's customized actions.
Each file must be an executable binary or shell
script. A single program or script can be used to
control all transitions by examining the name by
which it was called, which is one of suspend,
standby, resume, powerup, or powerdown.
/var/run/apmdev Default UNIX-domain socket used for communication
with apm(8).
SEE ALSOsyslog(3), apm(4), apm(8), sysctl(8)
Advanced Power Management (APM) BIOS Interface Specification (revision
1.2), Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation.
HISTORY
The apmd command first appeared in NetBSD 1.3. OpenBSD support was added
in OpenBSD 1.2.
OpenBSD 4.9 October 28, 2010 OpenBSD 4.9
