acpi_toshiba and acpi_asus drivers
John Baldwin
jhb at FreeBSD.org
Tue Dec 23 13:06:54 PST 2003
On 23-Dec-2003 Nate Lawson wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, John Baldwin wrote:
>> 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?
>
> Ok, this is what I'll be committing:
> sys/i386/acpica/acpi_toshiba.c
> sys/i386/acpica/acpi_asus.c
> sys/modules/acpi/acpi/Makefile
> sys/modules/acpi/acpi_toshiba/Makefile
> sys/modules/acpi/acpi_asus/Makefile
> share/man/man4.i386/acpi_toshiba.4
> share/man/man4.i386/acpi_asus.4
Sounds good to me, go for it. :)
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