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Subject: Re: Like it or not, Theo has a point... freebsd is shipping
 export-restricted software in the core
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On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Randal L. Schwartz
<merlyn@stonehenge.com> wrote:
[SNIP]
>
> Or a third alternative... use the ACPI implementation from OpenBSD,
> which doesn't have such a restriction.

Port it! I'll test it for you (on 9-CURRENT and, if possible, a
backport to 8-STABLE).

In your opinion, how long will it take, and how difficult will the process be?

-Brandon