[ltp] Re: [ANN] tp_smapi - a new Linux SMAPI driver

Shem Multinymous linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 7 Dec 2005 17:40:23 +0200


Hi,

On 12/7/05, Uwe Walter <walter-l@tm.uka.de> wrote:
> Do you happen to know, how long?
> Is the type of this value just one byte (2^8) or longer?

The SMAPI function accepts and remembers a 16-bit value (it's all in
the code, BTW), suggesting the maximum inhibit period is ~45 days.
Possibly some special value (0xFFFF?) means "never stop", but I
wouldn't know.

  Shem