PERFORCE change 123168 for review

Eric Anderson anderson at freebsd.org
Thu Jul 12 13:15:00 UTC 2007


On 07/11/07 07:34, Rui Paulo wrote:
> Eric Anderson wrote:
>> Rui Paulo wrote:
>>> Rui Paulo wrote:
>>>> Eric Anderson wrote:
>>>>> Rui Paulo wrote:
>>>>>> Rui Paulo wrote:
>>>>>>> http://perforce.freebsd.org/chv.cgi?CH=123168
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Change 123168 by rpaulo at rpaulo_epsilon on 2007/07/09 02:12:16
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Add support for keyboard backlight control (found on MacBook
>>>>>>>     Pros).     dev.asmc.N.light.{left,right} sysctl tree is now
>>>>>>> created.
>>>>>>>     Setting a value on the "right" or "left" nodes sets the
>>>>>>>     keyboard backlight level. Reading those sysctl nodes, gives
>>>>>>>     the each sensor raw 
>>>>>> I did not test this as I don't own a MacBook Pro, but it should work.
>>>>>> If anyone has a MacBook Pro and is willing to test, it would be much
>>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards.
>>>>> I have one of the newer MacBook Pros - with the LED backlight, etc.
>>>>> I've
>>>>> been thinking of using bootcamp to also run FreeBSD on this laptop.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have a wiki, or some info on how to best integrate your P4 tree
>>>>> on an -CURRENT system?
>>>> http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook
>>>>
>>>> To grab my p4 branch just setup your p4 view so that
>>>> //depot/projects/soc2007/rpaulo-macbook/... matches to something
>>>> locally.
>>>>
>>>> I'm interested in knowing what works and what doesn't on the new MBPs.
>>> Also, the new drivers that you might want include on your kernel config
>>> are: msrtemp, backlight (doesn't work on MBPs) and asmc.
>>>
>>
>> Ok - also, is SMP supposed to work?  I can't get the system to boot a
>> GENERIC kernel (hangs after an ACPI message, early in the boot process).
> 
> That problem is not fixed yet; you can try pressing a kew during before
> the actual panic as a workaround.
> 


Still panics at:

ACPI APIC Table: <APPLE  Apple00>
panic: AP #1 (PHY# 1) failed!
cpuid = 0


Eric






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