Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262053AbVBKJPf (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Feb 2005 04:15:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262065AbVBKJPf (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Feb 2005 04:15:35 -0500 Received: from sd291.sivit.org ([194.146.225.122]:2182 "EHLO sd291.sivit.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262053AbVBKJPQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Feb 2005 04:15:16 -0500 Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:16:46 +0100 From: Stelian Pop To: Bruno Ducrot Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [ACPI] [PATCH, new ACPI driver] new sony_acpi driver Message-ID: <20050211091645.GD3263@crusoe.alcove-fr> Reply-To: Stelian Pop Mail-Followup-To: Stelian Pop , Bruno Ducrot , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net References: <20050210161809.GK3493@crusoe.alcove-fr> <20050210193937.GH1145@poupinou.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050210193937.GH1145@poupinou.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1211 Lines: 33 On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 08:39:37PM +0100, Bruno Ducrot wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 05:18:10PM +0100, Stelian Pop wrote: > > Hi, > > > > +ACPI Sony Notebook Control Driver (SNC) Readme > > +---------------------------------------------- > > + Copyright (C) 2004 Stelian Pop > > + > > +This mini-driver drives the ACPI SNC device present in the > > +ACPI BIOS of the Sony Vaio laptops. > > + > > +It gives access to some extra laptop functionalities. In > > +its current form, the only thing this driver does is letting > > +the user set or query the screen brightness. > > Does those laptops support acpi_video? No. I double checked for a few AML dumps I have here, and except for _DOS/_DOD present in some of them no other acpi_video method is supported. Newer Vaio laptops may eventualy support acpi_video, but all current (to the best of my knowledge) Vaios do support the SNC device. Stelian. -- Stelian Pop - 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/