Re: How create /dev/apm* ???

[---- On Fri, 22 Aug, 2003 at  8:41, Kevin Oberman wrote: ----]
> > Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:10:16 +0200
> > From: Armand Passelac <apasselac_at_free.fr>
> > Sender: owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > I have installed a FreeBSD 5.1 on my Laptop (Compaq Armada E500).
> > I have a problem with the power management :
> > 
> > - I can't use the ACPI module : the kernel can't be loaded.
> > OK no problem !
> > As I saw within many FAQs, it's normal (it depends on the type of the laptop).
> > 
> > - I would like to use APM so !
> > I realize the following stages (see http://freebsd.unixtech.be/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/x61.html) :
> > 
> > 	* I build my kernel with "device apm"
> > 
> > 	* /boot/device.hints :
> > 	hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
> > 	#hw.acpi.ec.event_driven="1"
> > 	hint.apm.0.disabled="0"
> > 	hint.apm.0.flags="0x20"
> > 
> > 	* /boot/loader.conf :
> > 	apm_load="YES"
> > 
> > 	* /etc/rc.conf 
> > 	apm_enable="YES"
> > 
> > 
> > But during the boot I get an error : "can't open /dev/apm"
> > 
> > Indeed, there is no device with apm* name within /dev
> > 
> > How can I create this device (In the freebsd-questions list somebody tails me that's not possible with 5.X there is no possibility to use a kind of makedev).
> > 
> 
> That is correct. The apm driver creates the device automagically with
> devfs. S0 the question is why it is not doing so.
> 
> Please attach the output of dmesg. (Actually, all of the apm stuff
> should be in the first 15 lines.)
My dmesg is in attach.
I see nothing aboutt apm !
But during the boot I can see the message tailling /dev/apm no such file



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> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
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