From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 24 03:58:52 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 A2A87106566C for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:58:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wilkinsa@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from digger1.defence.gov.au (digger1.defence.gov.au [203.5.217.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E42E8FC0C for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:58:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wilkinsa@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from ednmsw510.dsto.defence.gov.au (ednmsw510.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.68.11]) by digger1.defence.gov.au (DSTO/DSTO) with ESMTP id m8O3ZZFx023227 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:05:35 +0930 (CST) Received: from fmbex510.dsto.defence.gov.au (fmbex510.dsto.defence.gov.au) by ednmsw510.dsto.defence.gov.au (Clearswift SMTPRS 5.2.9) with ESMTP id for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:07:22 +0930 Received: from stlex510.dsto.defence.gov.au ([203.6.60.184]) by fmbex510.dsto.defence.gov.au with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:37:22 +1000 Received: from obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au ([203.6.60.208]) by stlex510.dsto.defence.gov.au with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:37:21 +0800 Received: from obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m8O3ZcPB011650 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:35:38 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from wilkinsa@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: (from wilkinsa@localhost) by obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m8O3ZckP011649 for freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:35:38 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from wilkinsa) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:35:38 +0800 From: "Wilkinson, Alex" To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080924033538.GE9790@stlux503.dsto.defence.gov.au> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org References: <1222173505.80882.15.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <48D93006.7050400@root.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48D93006.7050400@root.org> Organisation: Defence Science Technology Organisation User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Sep 2008 03:37:21.0629 (UTC) FILETIME=[DA2CA8D0:01C91DF6] X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-7.0.0.1526-5.5.1027-16174.007 X-TM-AS-Result: No-6.156300-0.000000-31 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Writing a driver: how do I get resources? 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: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:58:52 -0000 0n Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:05:58AM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote: >The Sony driver is somewhat special in that it's not on a standard bus, >it's proprietary. Same goes for the IBM, Panasonic, etc. power >management drivers. For Windows, the OEM even writes this driver, not >Microsoft. What are the best laptops to use with freebsd then ? i.e the ones that dont have a proprietary bus ? -aW IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Australian Defence Organisation and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the CRIMES ACT 1914. If you have received this email in error, you are requested to contact the sender and delete the email.