From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753725Ab0AHPOU (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:14:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753456Ab0AHPOT (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:14:19 -0500 Received: from fmmailgate05.web.de ([217.72.192.243]:36379 "EHLO fmmailgate05.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752042Ab0AHPOS convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:14:18 -0500 Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:14:14 +0100 Message-Id: <537531092@web.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Peter Paul To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: =?iso-8859-15?Q?ACPI_quirks_-_acpi=5Fosi=3D"!Windows_2006"_required_on?= =?iso-8859-15?Q?_FSC_Amilo_notebooks_to_enable_brightness_keys?= Organization: http://freemail.web.de/ X-Provags-Id: V01U2FsdGVkX1+d8/4+Qbnz5R87rYoAyyIqmO5ouoHkA7gd7udlsyDL8Bue+ SsynQbiPt4k2+b22U6UMBEE6PtjDYnV0GMSnNhG0lC4aZe+nqIl7VPPf6usq g== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The brightness control keys (Fn+F7 & Fn+F8) only work when adding this boot parameter. They do not create any events for the OS but work even when in BIOS or GRUB, but not in Linux without said kernel parameter. Userspace tools are able controlling brightness using standard methods regardless of any ACPI parameters, they only seem to affect the keys themselves. Forum reports state that this is true for the whole Fujitsu (Simens) Amilo series, tested on Amilo Pi 2515. ___________________________________________________________ Preisknaller: WEB.DE DSL Flatrate für nur 16,99 Euro/mtl.! http://produkte.web.de/go/02/