Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:06:41 -0800 From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, robert.moore@intel.com Subject: Re: ACPICA version 20081204 released Message-ID: <49397BC1.7050505@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20081205185934.355784501A@ptavv.es.net> References: <20081205185934.355784501A@ptavv.es.net>
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Kevin Oberman wrote: >> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 21:48:39 +0300 >> From: "Nikolay Tychina" <niktychina@gmail.com> >> Sender: owner-freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org >> >> We are really appreciate you for release, but we can't use it. >> How do i compile it for my FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE ? >> >> (http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=632, somebody needs it too :) ) > > Unless you are a good FreeBSD hacker, you don't. In a bit of time, > depending on just how busy some folks are, it will be integrated into > the head and, after some testing, MFCed to RELENG_7. > > I expect it will be there for 7.2, but it's way too late to make it for > 7.1. If you run RELENG_7, it may not be too long before it shows up. Please do not harass Robert. He is an Intel developer only and is just making a courtesy announcement on the FreeBSD forums since we use his code. Some acpi-ca releases are not suitable for integration (think of them like FreeBSD-current). They need to be integrated, a patch built and tested, etc. before even being committed to HEAD. If a FreeBSD committer is interested in helping us do that process more regularly, see src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica/acpica_prep.sh for starters. But remember, you'll often have to implement new kernel APIs to support the different behavior of new acpi-ca versions. It's not just a matter of committing the code. -- Nate
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