acpi_toshiba and acpi_asus drivers

[John Baldwin]

On 18-Dec-2003 Nate Lawson wrote:
> I'm prepping/reworking some user-submitted drivers for import.  I'd like
> some comments on the directory structure.  The hardware both drive is
> everything from fans to hotkeys to lcd backlight.  Both are very
> hw-specific and do not conform to the ACPI spec although they do control
> their functions through ACPI.
> 
> The directory structure I'm currently working with is:
>     sys/i386/acpica/acpi_toshiba.c
>     sys/i386/acpica/acpi_asus.c
>     sys/modules/acpi_toshiba/Makefile
>     sys/modules/acpi_asus/Makefile
>     share/man/man4/acpi_toshiba.4
>     share/man/man4/acpi_asus.4
> 
> One alternative is to their modules under the acpi dir (e.g.,
> sys/modules/acpi/acpi_toshiba).  Also, the driver src could be
> sys/dev/acpi_toshiba.  However, a new dir for just one file seems a bit
> much.  My main concern is that as these drivers proliferate that we keep
> the dir structure neat.

Having a /sys/modules/acpi with acpi, acpi_toshiba, and acpi_asus in
them is probably a good idea.  Putting the files under sys/i386/acpica
is also probably ok.  Should the manpages be in man4.i386 rather than
man4 though?

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