linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.18-mm2] acpi: add backlight support to the sony

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Message-Id: <200610170145.03779.luming.yu@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:45:03 +0800
From:	Yu Luming <luming.yu@...il.com>
To:	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>, len.brown@...el.com
Cc:	Richard Hughes <hughsient@...il.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Alessandro Guido <alessandro.guido@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de, gelma@...ma.net, ismail@...dus.org.tr
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18-mm2] acpi: add backlight support to the sony_acpi driver

> > a generic ACPI driver that exports the _BCL and _BCM method
> > implementations via that same interface, so that systems providing
> > that will "just work".  drivers/acpi/video.c currently exports this
> > via /proc/acpi/video/$DEVICE/brightness, which isn't the same as
> > /sys/class/backlight. :-(
>
> Yes, I'm working on acpi video driver transition , and have posted a patch
> to user backlight for acpi video driver.
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-acpi&m=115574087203605&w=2

Just updated the backlight and output sysfs support for ACPI Video driver on
bugzilla. If you are interested this, please take a look at
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5749#c18

signed-off-by 	Luming.yu@...il.com

[patch 1/3] vidoe sysfs support: Add dev argument for baclight sys dev
[patch 2/3] Add display output class support
[patch 3/3] backlight and output sysfs support for acpi video driver

Thanks,
Luming
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