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 01:01:17PM -0400, john at utzweb.net 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.
> 
> yah, i forgot to mention that. sorry.
> 
> >  Use sysctl as the interface.
> 
> hokydoky!
> 
> > See the other drivers in /sys/dev/acpi_support for a good
> > template (i.e., acpi_toshiba.c).
> 
> i shall look again at that, tnx!
> 


Well... Read carrefully:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-chat/2006-October/004315.html

if you want your driver to be added to the tree.. 

Maybe you should consider to write a port, that's should resolve the
legal issue.

-- 
Bruno Ducrot

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