Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:42:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Anthony Jenkins <scoobi_doo@yahoo.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Cc: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, "irek-kaenly@yandex.ru" <irek-kaenly@yandex.ru>, "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD release Acer Aspire 5735Z Message-ID: <1320064924.59175.YahooMailNeo@web39314.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmo=1kRi-LxnoX-12qLxmmoqqVxA%2B22KqK%2Bt7aYYMsUs8aQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <7003D4EE027640E6A49BFC84DD733D7F@Laptop> <20111028174052.GA1034@tiny> <20111029100803.GA96706@e-new.0x20.net> <CAJ-Vmo=1kRi-LxnoX-12qLxmmoqqVxA%2B22KqK%2Bt7aYYMsUs8aQ@mail.gmail.com>
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>________________________________=0A>From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org= >=0A>To: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>=0A>Cc: irek-kaenly@yandex.ru; M= atthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>; freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org=0A>Sent: Satur= day, October 29, 2011 9:38 AM=0A>Subject: Re: FreeBSD release Acer Aspire 5= 735Z=0A>=0A>On 29 October 2011 21:08, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wr= ote:=0A>=0A>> And cross your fingers that the button to enable / disable wi= reless=0A>> works out of the box. Unfortunately there's no port of Linux' a= cer_acpi=0A>> [1] to FreeBSD.=0A>>=0A>> [1] http://code.google.com/p/acerac= pi/=0A>=0A>Please please please, can someone port this?=0A=0ALooks like thi= s was already ported to acpi_wmi(4) some time ago (or at least =0Aformed th= e basis for acpi_wmi(4)), but I can't load it on my Acer Aspire 5552 withou= t panicking the kernel - seems it tries to construct two =0Acdevs with the = same name.=A0 Looking into a patch now, just to see what it does.=0A=0A...a= nd I had just downloaded the Linux kernel sources to try my hand at a port = (acer_acpi lives in the Linux kernel now). What is the current procedure (i= f any) for porting GPL'd stuff to BSD?=0A=0A=0AAnthony=0A=0A=0A=0A>Adrian
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