From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: schmirrwurst-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org Subject: Re: Put acpi/backlight code into kernel Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:40:32 +0200 Message-ID: <200909141440.32260.schmirrwurst@googlemail.com> References: <200908222034.28782.schmirrwurst@googlemail.com> <6d4bc9fc0909140202q60a587c3pb22e3c2eb2ff2ff2@mail.gmail.com> <1caff7430909140300o775276ch890ff41b75181e50@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1caff7430909140300o775276ch890ff41b75181e50-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nouveau-bounces-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org Errors-To: nouveau-bounces-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org To: Renato Caldas Cc: Nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org List-Id: nouveau.vger.kernel.org Thank you for your answer, You said this kind of code doesn't belong in the nouveau driver, but backli= ght = support have already been added in it, and it works well ... So I need to find the person in charge of the sony platform driver, and ask= him = to take the nouveau backlight code.. would that work ? Where are the platform driver hosted, who do I need to ask then ? Thanks Sebastien Le lundi 14 septembre 2009 12:00:59, Renato Caldas a =E9crit : > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Maarten Maathuis = wrote: > > Find someone who wants to create and maintain it. > = > This kind of code doesn't belong in the nouveau driver, as you > probably already know. > = > But there are things called "platform drivers" that support all those > non-standard features you may find on laptops, like radio switches, > leds, ... and backlight. There is one such driver for my Asus laptop, > which is called "asus-laptop". > = > So what you want is a platform driver for your hardware. Now you need > to either find someone who can code it, or do it yourself. It > shouldn't be that difficult if working code is already available. > = > Cheers, > Renato > =