linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] backlight: provide sysfs percent brightness attribute

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Message-ID: <20100312172755.GA13891@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:27:55 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"rpurdie@...ys.net" <rpurdie@...ys.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] backlight: provide sysfs percent brightness attribute

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:10:35AM -0600, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> It's usually more convenient to set the backlight brightness
> as a 'percent' of total brightness rather than using the raw
> 'brightness' value.
> 
> This provides the necessary sysfs attributes to handle this.

Why not just do this in the app?

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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