Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:43:09 +0100 From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> To: Daniel Lannstrom <op@trekdanne.se> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mackbook pro nvidia based video backlight Message-ID: <20090128134309.GN17198@hoeg.nl> In-Reply-To: <20090127150040.GA4333@haruhi> References: <20090127124137.46fcfac5@baby-jane.lamaiziere.net> <20090127150040.GA4333@haruhi>
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--wwtQuX191/I956S7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Daniel Lannstrom <op@trekdanne.se> wrote: > > I'm asking which method will be the best to interface the driver with > > userland applications? >=20 > You might want to make it a character device driver. And write a small > userland control program. Sysctl isn't really made for this kind of > functionality. No. sysctl is good for doing stuff like this. An even better approach would be to integrate it to the X11 driver, but I guess it will be cold day in hell when this happens. --=20 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> WWW: http://80386.nl/ --wwtQuX191/I956S7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkmAYO0ACgkQ52SDGA2eCwWFeACfdKlZzq49IoLih4qclgJcGBAZ V/EAn19FZ30YR6DqMTUs6qk4FvkDR1eI =dAtJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wwtQuX191/I956S7--
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