From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264860AbUGVErG (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:47:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266692AbUGVErG (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:47:06 -0400 Received: from willy.net1.nerim.net ([62.212.114.60]:50950 "EHLO willy.net1.nerim.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264860AbUGVErE (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:47:04 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 06:44:17 +0200 From: Willy Tarreau To: Stelian Pop , Linux Kernel Mailing List , acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] new sony_acpi driver Message-ID: <20040722044417.GE1545@alpha.home.local> References: <20040721150008.GF3560@crusoe.alcove-fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040721150008.GF3560@crusoe.alcove-fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Stelian, On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 05:00:09PM +0200, Stelian Pop wrote: > The screen is one of the most important power consumers in a laptop, > so being able to set its brightness is very important for many users, > making this driver useful even if it does only that. It's more than welcome, but too late for me. My vaio's backlight finally died after 18 months of daily use at full brightness. Anyway, I strongly recommend to all vaio users to try your code at least to protect their eyes (backlight is too intensive) and their display. Regards Willy