[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <1332383623.2622.6.camel@debian.Gayathri>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:03:43 +0530
From: Pradeep Subrahmanion <subrahmanion.pradeep@...il.com>
To: joeyli <jlee@...e.com>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>, rpurdie@...ys.net,
FlorianSchandinat@....de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Added backlight driver for Acer Aspire 4736
On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 09:33 +0800, joeyli wrote:
> 於 四,2012-03-22 於 00:39 +0530,Pradeep Subrahmanion 提到:
> > > This new patch should remove acpi_video0 interface on your machine.
> > > Please kindly provide your dmidecode:
> > > dmidecode > dmidecode.log
> > >
> > > And,
> > > please make should the patch really applied, you can do a bit change on
> > > pr_info message by yourself.
> >
> > Sorry . I think there was some mistake . I tried the patch again. Now
> > I see only intel_backlight inside /sys/class/backlight. There is no
> > acer-wmi interface . Is this the expected behavior ? . Or am I missing
> > anything ?
> >
>
> Yes, this is the expected behavior! But, now I doubt your issue was
> workaround by acpi_osi=Linux but not intel_backlight.
>
> >
> >
> > >
> > > > echo 5 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness
> > > > echo 5 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness
> > > >
> > > > But it doesn't make any change .
> > > >
> > > > In my case , 'acpi_backlight = vendor' does not make any difference since the hot key control
> > > >
> > > > already starts working with 'acpi_osi=Linux' option.
> > > >
> > > > cat /proc/cmdline gives ,
> > > >
> > > > BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.3.0+
> > > > root=UUID=f0197a59-c067-4fd8-ad90-c4d721816077 ro acpi_osi=Linux
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks ,
> > > >
> > > > Pradeep Subrahmanion
> > > >
> > >
> > > OK, that's more clearly, please remove acpi_osi=Linux then re-test, I
> > > think the hotkey of backlight control only works with acpi_osi=Linux ?
> > >
>
> Does your backlight control still work if you remove acpi_osi=Linux ?
If I remove acpi_osi=Linux , the hot key control stops working .
>
>
> Thanks a lot!
> Joey Lee
>
Thanks ,
Pradeep Subrahmanion
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Powered by blists - more mailing lists