Re: regression since 2.6.36: backlight in sony-laptop not working

Norbert Preining
2010-11-16T05:16:49Z

On Fr, 12 Nov 2010, Mattia Dongili wrote:
> You will need an updated input-kbd to set the scancode map.

Ouch.

> > Does that mean that 2.6.37rc is too new for the user space?
>
> Maybe. Anyway if evtest reacts positively to key presses then it's a
> userspace issue and not the driver's.

What is strange that there *WAS* a change in the kernel that triggered
that. Old kernels still work fine. I just tried 2.6.36 and it was working.

I always thought that kernel changes should not break user space
(well, without good reason).

Best wishes

Norbert
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