linux-kernel - Re: sonypc with Sony Vaio VGN-SZ1VP

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Date:	Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:29:55 +0200
From:	Stelian Pop <stelian@...ies.net>
To:	Andrea Gelmini <gelma@...ma.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sonypc with Sony Vaio VGN-SZ1VP

Andrea Gelmini a écrit :
> Hi,
> 	I've got a Sony Vaio VGN-SZ1VP (dmidecode[1] and lspci[2]).
> 	Using default kernel (linux-image-2.6.15-27-686) of Ubuntu
> 	Dapper I've got /proc/acpi/sony/brightness and it works well
> 	(yes, Ubuntu drivers/char/sonypi.c is patched).
> 	With any other newer vanilla kernel, 2.6.15/16/17/18, /proc/acpi/sony
> 	doesn't appear, and it's impossibile to set brigthness, of
> 	course. Same thing with Ubuntu kernel package
> 	(linux-image-2.6.17-9-386).
> 	I tried to port Ubuntu sonypi.c patches to 2.6.18, but it doesn't
> 	work (I mean, it compiles clean, it "modprobes"[3] clean, but no
> 	/proc/acpi/sony/ directory).

/proc/acpi/sony comes from the sony_acpi driver, not sonypi.

You should get the latest sony_acpi driver, preferably from the -mm tree 
which hosts the most up to date version.

Stelian.
-- 
Stelian Pop <stelian@...ies.net>
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