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Date:      Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:04:42 -0700
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        John Utz <John@utzweb.net>
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:  <452D161A.5040509@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <26332441-4BC5-4392-806A-0179464E8D59@utzweb.net>
References:  <26332441-4BC5-4392-806A-0179464E8D59@utzweb.net>

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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).

-- 
Nate



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