From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alessandro Guido Subject: Re: Sony ACPI extras mainline inclusion Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 12:43:45 +0200 Message-ID: <44D47661.8080000@gmail.com> References: <44CB288A.1010702@gmail.com> <20060802100314.GF7601@ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.190]:216 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751439AbWHEKmC (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Aug 2006 06:42:02 -0400 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k26so167206nfc for ; Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:42:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20060802100314.GF7601@ucw.cz> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Pavel Machek Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Pavel Machek wrote: > 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... > > Pavel 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