>> I own a Sony VAIO laptop that uses ACPI for setting >> screen brightness >> through the "2.6-sony_acpi4.patch" patch that has been >> living in -mm for a while. >> I'd like this patch to be merged in mainline, so that I >> won't be forced anymore to patch >> the kernel by hand or to use the -mm patchset. >> Is there something that prevents this to happen? > >Wrong interface? > >Convert it to use /sys/class/backlight sysfs interface...
FWIW, the patch works without having to apply all of -mm. Jan Engelhardt -- - 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
