backlight control broken in current Linus' and Paulus' trees

backlight control broken in current Linus' and Paulus' trees

[Aristeu Sergio Rozanski Filho]

Hi,
	the backlight control is broken in my PowerBook6,8 in latest git
	trees, both for pbbuttonsd (yes, I have CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT_LEGACY
	enabled) and for fblevel. the last one also allows values be set
	at least to 1000 and according to new code, it should be able to
	reach 127. I gathered some information in
		http://www.cathedrallabs.org/~aris/backlight/
	if I can provide any other information or help in testing,
	please let me know.

-- 
Aristeu

Re: backlight control broken in current Linus' and Paulus' trees

[Michael Hanselmann]

Hello

On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 10:34:53AM -0300, Aristeu Sergio Rozanski Filho wro=
te:
> 	the backlight control is broken in my PowerBook6,8 in latest git
> 	trees, both for pbbuttonsd (yes, I have CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT_LEGACY
> 	enabled) and for fblevel. the last one also allows values be set
> 	at least to 1000 and according to new code, it should be able to
> 	reach 127.

Legacy will stay 0-15, because that's what legacy is about. To use the
new interface, you have to use the sysfs interface.

I've submitted another patch for legacy support last night which is now
waiting for Linus to include it. Do you want me to send it to you
directly or do you want to wait until it's in the git kernels?

Greets,
Michael

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