On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 12:51:07PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 20:15:12 +0100 > Mattia Dongili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > but: > > - I'll probably need some help; > > - I'll have an almost-blackout between the end of February and the end > > of April as I'm moving to a different country and I'll need some time > > before I can be active again (I hope I'll have at least easy mail > > access for all the time though). > > Anyway if it is still ok I can maintain the thing, to months seems > > enough to give the driver a shape. > > > > > > 2. /proc/acpi/sony API needs to be deleted > > > > > > > > 3. source needs to move out of drivers/acpi, and into drivers/misc > > > > along with msi. > > > > And turn extra-backlight features into platform_device stuff? So 2 and 3 > > can come together. > > > > Moreover, I own an SZ72B and an older GR7 and have come to the same > > findings of Cacy, plus a patch to allow a smarter "debug" mode. > > So, how to proceed? (I've just cloned the linux-acpi-2.6 tree) > > > > I have a VGN-something-or-other notebook and I use this driver regularly.
Hehehe, I think all the sony lappies are VGN-something :) > 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? -- mattia :wq! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
