Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:29:27 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier <Andre.Albsmeier@siemens.com> To: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> Cc: Cristiano Deana <cristiano.deana@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, cnst@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sensorsd framework in 7.X ? Message-ID: <20080824092927.GA49305@curry.mchp.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <488DDBDF.40008@unsane.co.uk> References: <d8a4930a0807280620h115ff807j93e0d6318a8156a4@mail.gmail.com> <488DDBDF.40008@unsane.co.uk>
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On Mon, 28-Jul-2008 at 15:46:55 +0100, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > Cristiano Deana wrote: >> Hi, >> >> any news about a MFC from -current to -stable (or 7.1) for the >> sensorsd framework? >> I find it very useful in openbsd, so i hoped to have it soon in free. >> >> tnx >> >> > As far as i can understand it was backed out from -CURRENT soon after the > initial commit and so will not be coming to 7.x any time soon. > see the (rather long) thread here for details. > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src/2007-October/082398.html Since people who complained about this failed to come up with something better, I have (partly) backported it into 6-STABLE and I am happy with it. While one can surely argue about this "festering junkpile that does not belong in the kernel" until the day hell freezes, I am glad to have something that actually works. It's no big deal (at least not for 6-STABLE)... -Andre
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