Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966565AbWKOAy4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:54:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966561AbWKOAyz (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:54:55 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:27048 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966565AbWKOAyy (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:54:54 -0500 Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:54:51 +0000 (GMT) From: James Simmons To: Miguel Ojeda cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Fbdev development list , Luming Yu , Andrew Zabolotny , Jamey Hicks Subject: Re: ACPI output/lcd/auxdisplay mess In-Reply-To: <653402b90611141426y6db15a3bh8ea59f89c8f1bb39@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <653402b90611141426y6db15a3bh8ea59f89c8f1bb39@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 981 Lines: 20 > Well, we were aware of video/backlight/* (read below). Anyway, > auxdisplay doesn't create a class; it did in first versions, but right > now it behaves just like a framebuffer, no classes in the playground > (maybe you read a old version?). ... > However, auxdisplay means "auxiliary display device drivers", not _the > display_. In such folder we can put every > auxiliar-optional-secundary-rare display (not just LCDs, framebuffers, > ...) who has special requirements (like parport wiring, fixed refresh > rate, different properties...). Also, things like "set_contrast", > "max_constrast", "set_power"... didn't seem very appropriate. Is it a framebuffer device ? The framebuffer layer is abstracted to work with such devices. - 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/