linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] backlight: mbp_nvidia_bl

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Date:	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:05:26 -0500
From:	Evan McClain <evan.mcclain@...ech.edu>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	rpurdie@...ys.net, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	schwalbe@....tu-dresden.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] backlight: mbp_nvidia_bl - add five more MacBook
 variants

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 02:24:24PM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Acked in principle, but at this point it probably needs to be renamed 
> and have the Kconfig entry updated if it's going to be used for other 
> hardware. Does it actually work on non-nvidia Macs?

I have applied it locally and tested on my MacBook 3,1 for several weeks
now. The intel X driver requires a small patch to use the mbp_backlight
class, but I'll let them know once this patch has been applied upstream.

There are several bugreports related to this issue at the ubuntu,
opensuse, and freedesktop bugzillas (see
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=581474 with links to the
other reports as well).

Thanks
-- 
Evan McClain
Aerospace Engineering
Graduate Student Senator  .
evan.mcclain@...ech.edu  ..:

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