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Date:	Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:50:00 +0900
From:	Norbert Preining <preining@...ic.at>
To:	Mattia Dongili <malattia@...ux.it>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ACPI Devel Mailing List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: regression since 2.6.36: backlight in sony-laptop not working

On Mi, 10 Nov 2010, Mattia Dongili wrote:
> It's ages sony_laptop doesn't change, it may be some other change in the
> acpi layer that causes this.

Seems so that the sys files have changed to new locations:
/sys/devices/virtual/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness

(mind the additional "virtual")
as well as thermal zone etc etc.

Could that explain the problem?

Best wishes

Norbert
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