Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932526AbWJBAT2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:19:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932525AbWJBAT2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:19:28 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:47490 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932515AbWJBAT0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:19:26 -0400 Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 17:19:12 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Alessandro Guido Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, len.brown@intel.com, jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de, gelma@gelma.net, ismail@pardus.org.tr Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18-mm2] acpi: add backlight support to the sony_acpi driver Message-Id: <20061001171912.b7aac1d8.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20060930190810.30b8737f.alessandro.guido@gmail.com> References: <20060930190810.30b8737f.alessandro.guido@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.17; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 761 Lines: 19 On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:08:10 +0200 Alessandro Guido wrote: > Make the sony_acpi use the backlight subsystem to adjust brightness value > instead of using the /proc/sony/brightness file. > (Other settings will still have a /proc/sony/... entry) umm, OK, but now how do I adjust my screen brightness? ;) I assume that cute userspace applications for controlling backlight brightness via the generic backlight driver either exist or are in progress? What is the status of that? Thanks. - 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/