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Date:      Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:46:49 +0100
From:      Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
To:        Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: PERFORCE change 123168 for review
Message-ID:  <46929EB9.9080804@fnop.net>
In-Reply-To: <46923B2B.9050204@fnop.net>
References:  <200707090212.l692ClZQ011342@repoman.freebsd.org> <46919A1B.8050909@fnop.net> <46923893.5090404@freebsd.org> <46923B2B.9050204@fnop.net>

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Rui Paulo wrote:
> Eric Anderson wrote:
>> Rui Paulo wrote:
>>> Rui Paulo wrote:
>>>> http://perforce.freebsd.org/chv.cgi?CH=123168
>>>>
>>>> Change 123168 by rpaulo@rpaulo_epsilon on 2007/07/09 02:12:16
>>>>
>>>>     Add support for keyboard backlight control (found on MacBook
>>>>     Pros).     dev.asmc.N.light.{left,right} sysctl tree is now created.
>>>>     Setting a value on the "right" or "left" nodes sets the
>>>>     keyboard backlight level. Reading those sysctl nodes, gives
>>>>     the each sensor raw 
>>> I did not test this as I don't own a MacBook Pro, but it should work.
>>> If anyone has a MacBook Pro and is willing to test, it would be much
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>
>> I have one of the newer MacBook Pros - with the LED backlight, etc. I've
>> been thinking of using bootcamp to also run FreeBSD on this laptop.
>>
>> Do you have a wiki, or some info on how to best integrate your P4 tree
>> on an -CURRENT system?
> 
> http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook
> 
> To grab my p4 branch just setup your p4 view so that
> //depot/projects/soc2007/rpaulo-macbook/... matches to something locally.
> 
> I'm interested in knowing what works and what doesn't on the new MBPs.

Also, the new drivers that you might want include on your kernel config
are: msrtemp, backlight (doesn't work on MBPs) and asmc.

-- 
Rui Paulo



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