Hi! > > > a generic ACPI driver that exports the _BCL and _BCM method > > > implementations via that same interface, so that systems providing > > > that will "just work". drivers/acpi/video.c currently exports this > > > via /proc/acpi/video/$DEVICE/brightness, which isn't the same as > > > /sys/class/backlight. :-( > > > > Yes, I'm working on acpi video driver transition , and have posted a patch > > to user backlight for acpi video driver. > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-acpi&m=115574087203605&w=2 > > Just updated the backlight and output sysfs support for ACPI Video driver on > bugzilla. If you are interested this, please take a look at > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5749#c18 > [patch 1/3] vidoe sysfs support: Add dev argument for baclight sys dev Two typos in one line :-). > [patch 2/3] Add display output class support I guess this needs Documentation/ so we can tell if user<->kernel interface is sane.. > [patch 3/3] backlight and output sysfs support for acpi video driver Some whitespace is not okay there... Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html