Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030250AbXADV7A (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jan 2007 16:59:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030248AbXADV7A (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jan 2007 16:59:00 -0500 Received: from aa012msr.fastwebnet.it ([85.18.95.72]:42737 "EHLO aa012msr.fastwebnet.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030247AbXADV67 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jan 2007 16:58:59 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 22:58:10 +0100 From: Mattia Dongili To: Richard Hughes Cc: Andrew Morton , Stelian Pop , Len Brown , Ismail Donmez , Andrea Gelmini , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Cacy Rodney Subject: Re: sonypc with Sony Vaio VGN-SZ1VP Message-ID: <20070104215810.GE25619@inferi.kami.home> Mail-Followup-To: Richard Hughes , Andrew Morton , Stelian Pop , Len Brown , Ismail Donmez , Andrea Gelmini , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Cacy Rodney References: <49814.213.30.172.234.1159357906.squirrel@webmail.popies.net> <200701040024.29793.lenb@kernel.org> <1167905384.7763.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20070104191512.GC25619@inferi.kami.home> <20070104125107.b82db604.akpm@osdl.org> <20070104211830.GD25619@inferi.kami.home> <20070104132834.99a585c9.akpm@osdl.org> <1167946596.6816.7.camel@hughsie-laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1167946596.6816.7.camel@hughsie-laptop> X-Message-Flag: Cranky? Try Free Software instead! X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.20-rc2-mm1-1 i686 X-Editor: Vim http://www.vim.org/ X-Disclaimer: Buh! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1773 Lines: 44 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 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 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/