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Date:      Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:34:55 +0100
From:      Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
To:        Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: PERFORCE change 123168 for review
Message-ID:  <4694CE6F.2040103@fnop.net>
In-Reply-To: <4694C979.8090906@freebsd.org>
References:  <200707090212.l692ClZQ011342@repoman.freebsd.org> <46919A1B.8050909@fnop.net> <46923893.5090404@freebsd.org> <46923B2B.9050204@fnop.net> <46929EB9.9080804@fnop.net> <4694C979.8090906@freebsd.org>

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Eric Anderson wrote:
> Rui Paulo wrote:
>> Rui Paulo wrote:
>>> Eric Anderson wrote:
>>>> Rui Paulo wrote:
>>>>> Rui Paulo wrote:
>>>>>> http://perforce.freebsd.org/chv.cgi?CH=123168
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Change 123168 by rpaulo@rpaulo_epsilon on 2007/07/09 02:12:16
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Add support for keyboard backlight control (found on MacBook
>>>>>>     Pros).     dev.asmc.N.light.{left,right} sysctl tree is now
>>>>>> created.
>>>>>>     Setting a value on the "right" or "left" nodes sets the
>>>>>>     keyboard backlight level. Reading those sysctl nodes, gives
>>>>>>     the each sensor raw 
>>>>> I did not test this as I don't own a MacBook Pro, but it should work.
>>>>> If anyone has a MacBook Pro and is willing to test, it would be much
>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards.
>>>> I have one of the newer MacBook Pros - with the LED backlight, etc.
>>>> I've
>>>> been thinking of using bootcamp to also run FreeBSD on this laptop.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have a wiki, or some info on how to best integrate your P4 tree
>>>> on an -CURRENT system?
>>> http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook
>>>
>>> To grab my p4 branch just setup your p4 view so that
>>> //depot/projects/soc2007/rpaulo-macbook/... matches to something
>>> locally.
>>>
>>> I'm interested in knowing what works and what doesn't on the new MBPs.
>>
>> Also, the new drivers that you might want include on your kernel config
>> are: msrtemp, backlight (doesn't work on MBPs) and asmc.
>>
> 
> 
> Ok - also, is SMP supposed to work?  I can't get the system to boot a
> GENERIC kernel (hangs after an ACPI message, early in the boot process).

That problem is not fixed yet; you can try pressing a kew during before
the actual panic as a workaround.

-- 
Rui Paulo



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