From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754851Ab1ATVA0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:00:26 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f46.google.com ([209.85.161.46]:45703 "EHLO mail-fx0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754276Ab1ATVAZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:00:25 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :user-agent; b=x9zR/fqg4s506W4dIDV1s5RBKzq3ehLyd9F0lgaHU163Vn7ErZYJf0jYOpow49Hix9 QEzaU5HVbxLTolJG9IJS7KNCa6BhDLOOyG8OUI8vOSONE+97GUgDHKLmTRcp4sX3ywyH 9Xv3bK1g7HhC3daJiMUSZ78+CsaeqvLukjcoE= Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:15 +0330 From: Ali Gholami Rudi To: Matthew Garrett Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, rpurdie@rpsys.net Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/5] i915: Add native backlight control Message-ID: <20112101000015@lilem.mirepesht> In-Reply-To: <1295033065-13450-2-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> References: <1295033065-13450-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> <1295033065-13450-2-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> User-Agent: git://repo.or.cz/mailx.git Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Not all systems expose a firmware or platform mechanism for changing the > backlight intensity on i915, so add native driver support. After switching to 2.6.38-rc1 from 2.6.37 /sys/devices/virtual/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness disappeared and I cannot control the backlight. I tried using acpi_backlight=video but that didn't help (this is an HP laptop BTW and I don't think there is a native backlight control for it). I tried to apply this patch but I get: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c: In function 'intel_panel_setup_backlight': drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c:319: error: 'struct backlight_properties' has no member named 'type' drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c:319: error: 'BACKLIGHT_RAW' undeclared (first use in this function) drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c:319: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c:319: error: for each function it appears in.) make[4]: *** [drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** [drivers/gpu/drm/i915] Error 2 make[2]: *** [drivers/gpu/drm] Error 2 make[1]: *** [drivers/gpu] Error 2 make: *** [drivers] Error 2 $ lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) $ find /sys/ -name "*backlight*" /sys/class/backlight /sys/module/video/parameters/use_bios_initial_backlight Thanks, Ali