Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:41:33 -0700 From: John Utz <John@utzweb.net> To: Bruno Ducrot <ducrot@poupinou.org> Cc: 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: <9CBF3A89-3007-4752-9981-DECDDFE1A749@utzweb.net> In-Reply-To: <20061012160039.GY4945@poupinou.org> References: <26332441-4BC5-4392-806A-0179464E8D59@utzweb.net> <452D161A.5040509@root.org> <20061012160039.GY4945@poupinou.org>
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On Oct 12, 2006, at 9:00 AM, Bruno Ducrot wrote: > 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 :) > yah, it's a combination of SMM and DMI, no acpi involved. so technically, i suppose i shouldn't discuss it on this list. however, this certainly seems like the best place to ask questions about this since it's seems like SMM+DMI is the neanderthal fork with ACPI being the cromagnon fork (which i guess make PnP austrolopithicus). > -- > Bruno Ducrot > > -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? > -- Don't know. Don't care. >
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