From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 5 19:06:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FB2E106564A for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 19:06:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from nlpi025.prodigy.net (nlpi025.sbcis.sbc.com [207.115.36.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 640D48FC14 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 19:06:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from [10.0.5.18] (ppp-71-139-17-14.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [71.139.17.14]) (authenticated bits=0) by nlpi025.prodigy.net (8.13.8 smtpauth/dk/map_regex/8.13.8) with ESMTP id mB5J6ef3007619; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 13:06:41 -0600 Message-ID: <49397BC1.7050505@root.org> Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:06:41 -0800 From: Nate Lawson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Oberman References: <20081205185934.355784501A@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: <20081205185934.355784501A@ptavv.es.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, robert.moore@intel.com Subject: Re: ACPICA version 20081204 released X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:06:43 -0000 Kevin Oberman wrote: >> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 21:48:39 +0300 >> From: "Nikolay Tychina" >> Sender: owner-freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org >> >> We are really appreciate you for release, but we can't use it. >> How do i compile it for my FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE ? >> >> (http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=632, somebody needs it too :) ) > > Unless you are a good FreeBSD hacker, you don't. In a bit of time, > depending on just how busy some folks are, it will be integrated into > the head and, after some testing, MFCed to RELENG_7. > > I expect it will be there for 7.2, but it's way too late to make it for > 7.1. If you run RELENG_7, it may not be too long before it shows up. Please do not harass Robert. He is an Intel developer only and is just making a courtesy announcement on the FreeBSD forums since we use his code. Some acpi-ca releases are not suitable for integration (think of them like FreeBSD-current). They need to be integrated, a patch built and tested, etc. before even being committed to HEAD. If a FreeBSD committer is interested in helping us do that process more regularly, see src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica/acpica_prep.sh for starters. But remember, you'll often have to implement new kernel APIs to support the different behavior of new acpi-ca versions. It's not just a matter of committing the code. -- Nate