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Date:      Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:00:39 +0200
From:      Bruno Ducrot <ducrot@poupinou.org>
To:        Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Cc:        John Utz <John@utzweb.net>, freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: if i was porting a linux kernel module that wrote out to /proc, where should i point it at in freebsd?
Message-ID:  <20061012160039.GY4945@poupinou.org>
In-Reply-To: <452D161A.5040509@root.org>
References:  <26332441-4BC5-4392-806A-0179464E8D59@utzweb.net> <452D161A.5040509@root.org>

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On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 09:04:42AM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote:
> John Utz wrote:
> >i've been working on i8k utils off and on for several months.
> >
> >(lately it's been what i've been doing whilst i sit at my daughter's 
> >gymnastics class)
> >
> >so several of the api's work, ie turning the fans on and off, etc.
> >
> >buttons *still* dont work. :-(
> >
> >at this point, i want to start working on hXRing the kernel module.
> >
> >as currently coded, it writes to /proc.
> >
> >i would prefer to not have to require the proc lkm for this to work, i'd 
> >rather do it the bsd way.
> >
> >so, umm, what *is* the bsd way ? :-)
> 
> It looks like "i8k" is the Dell hotkeys/PM driver.  Use sysctl as the 
> interface.  See the other drivers in /sys/dev/acpi_support for a good 
> template (i.e., acpi_toshiba.c).
> 

i8k is not an ACPI driver.  I'm working on a acpi_dell one but I'm
waiting a D620 (hint, hint :)

-- 
Bruno Ducrot

--  Which is worse:  ignorance or apathy?
--  Don't know.  Don't care.



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