Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:06:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Anthony Jenkins <scoobi_doo@yahoo.com> To: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, "irek-kaenly@yandex.ru" <irek-kaenly@yandex.ru>, "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org>, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Subject: Re: FreeBSD release Acer Aspire 5735Z Message-ID: <1320077195.37823.YahooMailNeo@web39308.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20111031132427.GN96706@e-new.0x20.net> References: <7003D4EE027640E6A49BFC84DD733D7F@Laptop> <20111028174052.GA1034@tiny> <20111029100803.GA96706@e-new.0x20.net> <CAJ-Vmo=1kRi-LxnoX-12qLxmmoqqVxA%2B22KqK%2Bt7aYYMsUs8aQ@mail.gmail.com> <1320064924.59175.YahooMailNeo@web39314.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20111031132427.GN96706@e-new.0x20.net>
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>________________________________=0A=0A>From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20= .net>=0A>To: Anthony Jenkins <scoobi_doo@yahoo.com>=0A>Cc: Adrian Chadd <ad= rian@freebsd.org>; "irek-kaenly@yandex.ru" <irek-kaenly@yandex.ru>; Matthia= s Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>; "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" <freebsd-mobile@fr= eebsd.org>=0A>Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 9:24 AM=0A>Subject: Re: FreeBS= D release Acer Aspire 5735Z=0A>=0A>On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 05:42:04AM -0700= , Anthony Jenkins wrote:=0A>> >________________________________=0A>> >From:= Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>=0A>> >To: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.= net>=0A>> >Cc: irek-kaenly@yandex.ru; Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>; fr= eebsd-mobile@freebsd.org=0A>> >Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 9:38 AM=0A>= > >Subject: Re: FreeBSD release Acer Aspire 5735Z=0A>> >=0A>> >On 29 Octobe= r 2011 21:08, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote:=0A>> >=0A>> >> And = cross your fingers that the button to enable / disable wireless=0A>> >> wor= ks out of the box. Unfortunately there's no port of Linux' acer_acpi=0A>> >= > [1] to FreeBSD.=0A>> >>=0A>> >> [1] http://code.google.com/p/aceracpi/=0A= >> >=0A>> >Please please please, can someone port this?=0A>> =0A>> Looks li= ke this was already ported to acpi_wmi(4) some time ago (or at least =0A>> = formed the basis for acpi_wmi(4)), but I can't load it on my Acer Aspire 55= 52 without panicking the kernel - seems it tries to construct two =0A>> cde= vs with the same name.=A0 Looking into a patch now, just to see what it doe= s.=0A>=0A>I loaded apci_wmi on an Acer notebook and /dev/wmistat was create= d.=0A>Using cat(1) I was presented a table of three GUIDs. Google told me t= hat=0A>one of them represented the Wireless / Bluetooth state.=0A=0A=0AI ha= d to modify the driver to create /dev/wmistat%d instances for the two inter= faces it detected on my laptop.=A0 cat(1)'ing each shows a single GUID entr= y.=A0 My laptop model is not listed in the Linux acer_acpi supported hardwa= re, but this laptop is the first one that has had almost *everything* suppo= rted by FreeBSD - ACPI suspend/resume, wireless Atheros NIC (thanks Adrian!= ), SATA HDD, etc.=A0 So I apparently don't even need acpi_wmi(4)...=0A=0A= =0A>But what to do then? acpi_wmi's manpage only says that it can only read= =0A>the values via wmistat, but not how to alter them.=0A=0AMaybe that func= tionality is what needs to be ported to FreeBSD :-)=A0 I'll go that route.= =0A=0AAnthony=0A=0A>> =0A>> ...and I had just downloaded the Linux kernel s= ources to try my hand at a port (acer_acpi lives in the Linux kernel now). = What is the current procedure (if any) for porting GPL'd stuff to BSD?=0A>>= =0A>> =0A>> Anthony=0A>> =0A>> =0A>> =0A>> >Adrian=0A>> =0A>=0A>=0A>
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