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Date:      Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:53:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        acpi-jp@jp.freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: acpi_toshiba and acpi_asus drivers
Message-ID:  <20031223125146.K92457@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20031218155821.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <XFMail.20031218155821.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, John Baldwin wrote:
> 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?

Ok, this is what I'll be committing:
sys/i386/acpica/acpi_toshiba.c
sys/i386/acpica/acpi_asus.c
sys/modules/acpi/acpi/Makefile
sys/modules/acpi/acpi_toshiba/Makefile
sys/modules/acpi/acpi_asus/Makefile
share/man/man4.i386/acpi_toshiba.4
share/man/man4.i386/acpi_asus.4

-Nate



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