hald hitting ACPI files in fc4t1

[Dave Jones]

On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 01:00:31PM -0800, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
 > Hello:
 > 
 > I installed fc4t1 and noticed that totem's video stutters quite a bit.
 > Sometimes the keyboard input in gnome-terminal feels lagging, too.
 > It turned out that hald was causing it. Running strace on it showed
 > nothing more than periodic access of ACPI files in /proc. My hypothesis
 > is that these accesses cause AML interpreter to work.
 > 
 > I have two questions. Is this something new or interesting (e.g. do you want
 > a bug)? And, can something be done about it (can it be made to poll once a
 > minute or so)?

Which files is it polling ?  I'm betting the battery files?
If so, I agree these shouldn't be polled too often as they can be
hurrendously slow on some systems.

		Dave