Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:43:13 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: rpaulo@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, cnst@freebsd.org Subject: Re: aibs(4): ASUSTeK AI Booster (ACPI ATK0110) Hardware Monitor Message-ID: <20100406.074313.364718154403381345.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <DE573364-A7A7-4805-BCBC-665AE0E13BA6@freebsd.org> References: <20100405055947.GA3544@hita.home.const.name> <DE573364-A7A7-4805-BCBC-665AE0E13BA6@freebsd.org>
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Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> writes:
: Hi,
:
: On 5 Apr 2010, at 06:59, Constantine A. Murenin wrote:
:
: > Dear freebsd-{acpi,drivers,hardware}@,
: >
: > Attached patch provides support for the hardware monitoring capabilities that are present in many modern desktop motherboards from ASUS featuring the ATK0110 ACPI device.
: >
: > This driver, aibs(4), is a fresh replacement for FreeBSD's existing acpi_aiboost(4). The new aibs(4) driver has the following advantages when compared to the old acpi_aiboost(4):
: > * the sensors are now provided through the user-serviceable hw.acpi.aibs0 tree (with a subtree for each sensor type), instead of the Newbus-internal dev.acpi_aiboost.0 tree that contains various nonprime data at the same level as the actual sensors
:
: I was under the impression that this the right way in FreeBSD.
To be clear, this is a regression. They should be through the dev
tree. We've been migrating exposed functionality from the hw. tree to
the dev. tree for quite some time now. hw. isn't any more
user-serviceable than dev. is.
Warner
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