linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] System Inactivity Monitor v1.0

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Date:	Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:34:42 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Alessandro Di Marco <dmr@....it>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, vojtech@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] System Inactivity Monitor v1.0

Hi1

>    >    > +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.
> 
> Doh! The attached patch introduces /sys/class/misc (along with some bug-fixes.)
> In case I'll change it again.

No, just leave it where it is. Maybe better location will be invented,
but mine idea was just first shot.

>    But I still believe it can be out.
> 
> Do you believe it could be a user-space daemon or what?

Yes, what prevents userspace daemon watching /dev/input/event* to
provide this functionality?
									Pavel
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