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Pavel Machek wrote: > 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... > > Pavel 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||
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