linux-kernel - Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH]

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0702221648540.29542@pentafluge.infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:49:36 +0000 (GMT)
From:	James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
To:	"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@...il.com>
cc:	linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:

> On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 01:35 +0000, James Simmons wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 21:23 +0000, James Simmons wrote:
> 
> > > If this is an attempt to consolidate, I don't see the 'brightness'
> > > hook of backlight and lcd.
> > > 
> > > If this is not a consolidation, why don't we just extend the lcd class?
> > 
> > Its is a replacement for lcd. Is brightness universal for all display 
> > types?
> 
> Well, if you're adding a universal interface, you need hooks for more
> than that (brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, tint, etc).  Then we
> just let the drivers cherry pick from the list on what it's going to
> support.

Ah. Thats the power of sysfs groups :-)

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