From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 24 10:16:23 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8E9D106566B; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:16:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Andre.Albsmeier@siemens.com) Received: from goliath.siemens.de (goliath.siemens.de [192.35.17.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18D108FC0C; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:16:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Andre.Albsmeier@siemens.com) Received: from mail3.siemens.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by goliath.siemens.de (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m7O9TSSh020911; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:29:28 +0200 Received: from curry.mchp.siemens.de (curry.mchp.siemens.de [139.25.40.130]) by mail3.siemens.de (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m7O9TSZX030538; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:29:28 +0200 Received: (from localhost) by curry.mchp.siemens.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) id m7O9TSJL052883; Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:29:27 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier To: Vincent Hoffman Message-ID: <20080824092927.GA49305@curry.mchp.siemens.de> References: <488DDBDF.40008@unsane.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <488DDBDF.40008@unsane.co.uk> X-Echelon: X-Advice: Drop that crappy M$-Outlook, I'm tired of your viruses! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: Cristiano Deana , FreeBSD Stable Mailing List , cnst@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sensorsd framework in 7.X ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:16:23 -0000 On Mon, 28-Jul-2008 at 15:46:55 +0100, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > Cristiano Deana wrote: >> Hi, >> >> any news about a MFC from -current to -stable (or 7.1) for the >> sensorsd framework? >> I find it very useful in openbsd, so i hoped to have it soon in free. >> >> tnx >> >> > As far as i can understand it was backed out from -CURRENT soon after the > initial commit and so will not be coming to 7.x any time soon. > see the (rather long) thread here for details. > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src/2007-October/082398.html Since people who complained about this failed to come up with something better, I have (partly) backported it into 6-STABLE and I am happy with it. While one can surely argue about this "festering junkpile that does not belong in the kernel" until the day hell freezes, I am glad to have something that actually works. It's no big deal (at least not for 6-STABLE)... -Andre