Subject: Re: powerbook g4
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 03/29/2002 11:41:12
Rob Latham <rob@terizla.org> writes:

> I suggest again that netbsd developers interested in supporting as
> much of the powerbook hardware as possible learn from the linux
> implementation.

Oh, we're trying. But code is really a pretty poor substitute for
documentation. Personally, I've been working on an audio driver for
the iBook, and trying to turn off the screen backlight; there is code
to do this in both Darwin and Linux, but it doesn't "just work" when
ported.

        - Nathan