Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Jan 2007 13:28:34 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: sonypc with Sony Vaio VGN-SZ1VP |
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On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 22:18:30 +0100 Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it> wrote:
> > The place to start (please) is the patches in -mm: > > > > 2.6-sony_acpi4.patch > > sony_apci-resume.patch > > sony_apci-resume-fix.patch > > acpi-add-backlight-support-to-the-sony_acpi.patch > > acpi-add-backlight-support-to-the-sony_acpi-v2.patch > > video-sysfs-support-take-2-add-dev-argument-for-backlight_device_register-sony_acpi-fix.patch > > > > It presently has both the /proc and /sys/.../backlight/.. interfaces, so the first > > job would be to chop out the /proc stuff. > > Ok, I'll import all of them and start from there. > Is it ok to wipe all the /proc stuff without notice?
spose so. I don't know if any apps are dependent upon the /proc file, but the driver isn't in mainline yet so it's unlikely that there's a mountain of software depending upon existing interfaces. - 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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