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SubjectRe: Sony ACPI extras mainline inclusion
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
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