RE: acpi_toshiba and acpi_asus drivers

From: John Baldwin (jhb_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 12/18/03

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    Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:58:21 -0500 (EST)
To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>

    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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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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