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DateSat, 05 Aug 2006 12:43:45 +0200
FromAlessandro Guido <>
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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