Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758181Ab0KPOSy (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:18:54 -0500 Received: from static-220-247-10-204.b-man.svips.gol.ne.jp ([220.247.10.204]:56235 "EHLO smtp.kamineko.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757920Ab0KPOSv (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:18:51 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:18:50 +0900 From: Mattia Dongili To: Norbert Preining Cc: Matthew Garrett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ACPI Devel Mailing List Subject: Re: regression since 2.6.36: backlight in sony-laptop not working Message-ID: <20101116141849.GB2111@kamineko.org> References: <20101104142915.GC7650@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20101110035833.GB3029@kamineko.org> <20101111235000.GA6651@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20101112034423.GA7407@srcf.ucam.org> <20101112035027.GD26742@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20101112035732.GB7574@srcf.ucam.org> <20101112042243.GE2852@kamineko.org> <20101112043922.GA19889@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20101112121742.GA17690@kamineko.org> <20101116051642.GA24410@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101116051642.GA24410@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> X-Message-Flag: Cranky? Try Free Software instead! X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.36+ x86_64 X-Editor: Vim http://www.vim.org/ X-Disclaimer: Buh! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 964 Lines: 28 On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 02:16:42PM +0900, Norbert Preining wrote: > On Fr, 12 Nov 2010, Mattia Dongili wrote: > > You will need an updated input-kbd to set the scancode map. > > Ouch. > > > > Does that mean that 2.6.37rc is too new for the user space? > > > > Maybe. Anyway if evtest reacts positively to key presses then it's a > > userspace issue and not the driver's. > > What is strange that there *WAS* a change in the kernel that triggered > that. Old kernels still work fine. I just tried 2.6.36 and it was working. > > I always thought that kernel changes should not break user space > (well, without good reason). it's the same as this: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23022 -- 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/