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

[Nate Lawson]

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