if i was porting a linux kernel module that wrote out to /proc, where should i point it at in freebsd?

[Bruno Ducrot]

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 :)

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