On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 09:36:36PM +0000, Richard Hughes wrote: > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 13:28 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 22:18:30 +0100 > > Mattia Dongili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > Well, HAL has used it for changing the brightness for the last year or > so: /proc/acpi/sony/brightness > > Although if you use a new enough HAL (CVS), the laptop will be supported > via the shiny new backlight class.
great, -mm already has the /sys/class/backlight in place for sony_acpi and I suppose the /proc entry can be kept until 2.6.20 is released, i.e. just before pushing things for .21. Len, would you allow it? -- mattia :wq! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
