From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Timo Hoenig Subject: Re: Re: [patch 11/12] new sony_acpi driver Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:34:04 +0100 Message-ID: <1109842444.4866.16.camel@nouse.net> References: <20050303092725.GA3346@crusoe.alcove-fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-e1VljC6/KftomvbjYoQh" In-Reply-To: <20050303092725.GA3346-KwDxFO93HejPHUqn3ntIkQ@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Stelian Pop Cc: "Brown, Len" , Andrew Morton , ACPI Developers List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org --=-e1VljC6/KftomvbjYoQh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 10:27 +0100, Stelian Pop wrote: >Did you look at the code in those drivers ? There is no way you can >delete them because each of them is very specific in the functionalities >it offers and the way to achieve it. > >Sure, for basic stuff like the brightness you can hope to have a=20 >common code (like video.c today). It may even work on future laptops. >But it won't work on older (todays) laptops (I'm not sure about the >other brands, but it won't work on Sony Vaios). And even if when it >works it won't do everything because vendors will always implement >extensions. Since the function implementations vary but their purpose is the same it would be possible by creating generic wrapper functions (hotkey implementation, trigger common hardware functions like fan, bluetooth...). I'm not sure which way would be the best to cover laptop specific functions which are not covered by the generic wrapper functions. [...] > >Stelian. See you, -- Timo .............................................................. Timo H=F6nig ..................................................:: gpg ::... Fingerprint: 0998 0ACA A1D2 2612 4D96 DD8B E03F 084B B305 4066 --=-e1VljC6/KftomvbjYoQh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCJtoL4D8IS7MFQGYRAg81AKCBwFNz7t4hPTO5BYcnVgp0tPDqkgCeM3J7 W+5xrcGfhItx/r+5cJBnDs8= =mzFb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-e1VljC6/KftomvbjYoQh-- ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click