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Message-ID: <20060805232324.GB16196@elf.ucw.cz> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 01:23:24 +0200 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> To: Alessandro Guido <alessandro.guido.box@...il.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Sony ACPI extras mainline inclusion 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 -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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