From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751491AbWHEXXk (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Aug 2006 19:23:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751484AbWHEXXk (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Aug 2006 19:23:40 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:2225 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751447AbWHEXXk (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Aug 2006 19:23:40 -0400 Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 01:23:24 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Alessandro Guido Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Sony ACPI extras mainline inclusion Message-ID: <20060805232324.GB16196@elf.ucw.cz> References: <44CB288A.1010702@gmail.com> <20060802100314.GF7601@ucw.cz> <44D47661.8080000@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44D47661.8080000@gmail.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > >>I own a Sony VAIO laptop that uses ACPI for setting > >>screen brightness > >>through the "2.6-sony_acpi4.patch" patch that has been > >>living in -mm for a while. > >>I'd like this patch to be merged in mainline, so that I > >>won't be forced anymore to patch > >>the kernel by hand or to use the -mm patchset. > >>Is there something that prevents this to happen? > > > >Wrong interface? > > > >Convert it to use /sys/class/backlight sysfs interface... > > Thank you for repling! > > I found a patch that does it in the mailing list archives, > although I've not tested if it can be still applied correctly: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-acpi&m=113950408508944&w=2 Yep, that looks like a good starting point. Plus "old" backlight interface should be removed so that we don't have to support two of them for 2+ years. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html