From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marco Chiappero Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/25] sony-laptop: sony_nc_notify rewritten and improved Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:13:03 +0200 Message-ID: <4DEBE34F.7030705@absence.it> References: <4DE8FC4A.9010401@absence.it> <4DE8FFE0.5070506@absence.it> <20110604084338.GD7194@kamineko.org> <20110604124219.GA14809@srcf.ucam.org> <4DEA3FBD.8020602@absence.it> <20110604143012.GA16615@srcf.ucam.org> <4DEA4283.103@absence.it> <20110604143638.GA16747@srcf.ucam.org> <4DEA4450.80702@absence.it> <20110604212249.568e76b6@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <4DEBC156.1030503@absence.it> <20110605201417.5acfab3e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20110605201417.5acfab3e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Sender: platform-driver-x86-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox Cc: Matthew Garrett , Mattia Dongili , platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, Dmitry Torokhov , linux-input@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org Il 05/06/2011 21:14, Alan Cox ha scritto: >> that many different implementation are present across different models >> or brands. We need a solution, now, > > We needed a solution last year nothing has changed there other than there > are now a bazillion more out of tree drivers. > > I don't have a solution I just wanted to make sure you understood the > problem space. Sure, I was rather expecting a reply from Matthew about what to do now, since there is no "rule" to follow regarding the ALS support and it's a pity not to support hardware we can make 100% working. But at this point perhaps we'd better discuss only on the platform driver mailing list. Marco