> 3. Use the new acpi kernel hotkeys stuff -- not that I really understand > the interface, nor how to use it correctly. Plus I'm not sure how much > of the vendor kernel modules can use this new interface, or if it's > suitable. It all seemed a bit fragile last time I looked.
Please take a look at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5749 There are some examples to use hotkey.c for specific laptops with dedicated hotkey acpi device objects , and dedicated AML methods. This patch: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5749#c3 can be used to replace sony_acpi.c This patch: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5749#c4 can be used to support brightness control for panasonic laptop. This patch: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5749#c5 can be used to support brighness contrl for ASUS laptop. Please notes, I will update these patch against len's testing tree, and ask for inclusion. -- Thanks, Luming - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
