Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:58:21 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: acpi-jp@jp.freebsd.org Subject: RE: acpi_toshiba and acpi_asus drivers Message-ID: <XFMail.20031218155821.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20031218124754.O74387@root.org>
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On 18-Dec-2003 Nate Lawson wrote: > I'm prepping/reworking some user-submitted drivers for import. I'd like > some comments on the directory structure. The hardware both drive is > everything from fans to hotkeys to lcd backlight. Both are very > hw-specific and do not conform to the ACPI spec although they do control > their functions through ACPI. > > The directory structure I'm currently working with is: > sys/i386/acpica/acpi_toshiba.c > sys/i386/acpica/acpi_asus.c > sys/modules/acpi_toshiba/Makefile > sys/modules/acpi_asus/Makefile > share/man/man4/acpi_toshiba.4 > share/man/man4/acpi_asus.4 > > One alternative is to their modules under the acpi dir (e.g., > sys/modules/acpi/acpi_toshiba). Also, the driver src could be > sys/dev/acpi_toshiba. However, a new dir for just one file seems a bit > much. My main concern is that as these drivers proliferate that we keep > the dir structure neat. Having a /sys/modules/acpi with acpi, acpi_toshiba, and acpi_asus in them is probably a good idea. Putting the files under sys/i386/acpica is also probably ok. Should the manpages be in man4.i386 rather than man4 though? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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