Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 17:16:03 -0500 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org Cc: robert.moore@intel.com Subject: Re: ACPICA version 20081204 released Message-ID: <200812051716.17441.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200812051443.03637.jkim@FreeBSD.org> References: <20081205185934.355784501A@ptavv.es.net> <49397BC1.7050505@root.org> <200812051443.03637.jkim@FreeBSD.org>
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On Friday 05 December 2008 02:42 pm, Jung-uk Kim wrote: > On Friday 05 December 2008 02:06 pm, Nate Lawson wrote: > > 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. > > [Removed CC] > > > 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. > > I have been updating ACPI-CA patchsets regualarly but it is > becoming harder and harder because of API changes from both FreeBSD > and ACPI-CA. > > http://people.freebsd.org/~jkim/acpica-import-<ACPICA_RELEASE>.diff >.gz > > Note these patches are generated from my desktop with "HEAD of the > day" source + bunch of local patches. I always try to clean up > unnecessary changes but they are not in committable forms nor > properly reviewed. > > I briefly looked at the changes in this release, too. It seems I > need some free time to digest and implement new OSL APIs for it. > :-( Robert just let me know that there is no OSL change, actually. So, I just went ahead and updated it: http://people.freebsd.org/~jkim/acpica-import-20081204.diff.gz Thanks, Robert! Jung-uk Kim
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