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

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Message-Id: <1167946584.31915.9.camel@nouse.suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:36:24 +0100
From:	Timo Hoenig <thoenig@...se.net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Mattia Dongili <malattia@...ux.it>,
	Stelian Pop <stelian@...ies.net>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Ismail Donmez <ismail@...dus.org.tr>,
	Andrea Gelmini <gelma@...ma.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Cacy Rodney <cacy-rodney-cacy@...n.pl>
Subject: Re: sonypc with Sony Vaio VGN-SZ1VP

Hi,

On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 13:28 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:

> spose so.  I don't know if any apps are dependent upon the /proc file,
> but the driver isn't in mainline yet so it's unlikely that there's a
> mountain of software depending upon existing interfaces.

Not a mountain, but still a few applications support that interface.

At least the powersave daemon 'powersaved' and HAL support the
brightness interface of the Sony driver.

The responsible developers are following the linux-acpi list.

   Timo

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