From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Alessandro Guido <alessandro.guido.box@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Sony ACPI extras mainline inclusion
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 01:23:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060805232324.GB16196@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44D47661.8080000@gmail.com>
Hi!
> >>I own a Sony VAIO laptop that uses ACPI for setting
> >>screen brightness
> >>through the "2.6-sony_acpi4.patch" patch that has been
> >>living in -mm for a while.
> >>I'd like this patch to be merged in mainline, so that I
> >>won't be forced anymore to patch
> >>the kernel by hand or to use the -mm patchset.
> >>Is there something that prevents this to happen?
> >
> >Wrong interface?
> >
> >Convert it to use /sys/class/backlight sysfs interface...
>
> Thank you for repling!
>
> I found a patch that does it in the mailing list archives,
> although I've not tested if it can be still applied correctly:
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-acpi&m=113950408508944&w=2
Yep, that looks like a good starting point. Plus "old" backlight
interface should be removed so that we don't have to support two of
them for 2+ years.
Pavel
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-08-05 23:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-29 9:21 Sony ACPI extras mainline inclusion Alessandro Guido
2006-08-02 10:03 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-02 14:34 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-08-05 10:43 ` Alessandro Guido
2006-08-05 23:23 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
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