On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 09:23:21AM +0000, Neil Bird wrote: > Around about 04/01/07 19:15, Mattia Dongili typed ... > >I have the hw and I'd be happy to do some basic working on the code > > OK, I'm going to jump in here with something I've been meaning to post > for a while; now seems as good a time as any :) > > I *think* I'm using the code you're all talking about on my Vaio: the > sony_acpi (0.3?) module that works where the stick s=kernel sonypi doesn't. > > I'm also (currently) using the fsfn daemon/osd-app, or at least modified > versions of them (my laptop, like other poeple's, doesn't report back the > current brightness, so the fsfn daemon remembers the value and uses that > instead for higher/lower settings). > > > I've been tinkering with the module code, initially just to add this > brightness-value memory to the module (so the /proc entries do actually > work) via a module param, and this works a treat. > > I've also added the ability to watch for key presses and inject fake key > presses, so that the Fn buttons are seen by the kernel and X, etc., and can > thus be bound by GNOME or KDE in the normal fashion, making it (for me) > more immediately useful, esp. for the generic keys (S1/S2 on mine). > > But last time I tried (couple of kernel releases ago) it crashes on > start-up; I think it's something to do with kmallocs in the ACPI code > tyhat I'm calling that aren't allowed in certain contexts, buit I have no > control over what kmallocs are used in acpi. > > If anyone's interested, I'll email them my latest copy. I got a bit > stuck as the last attempt lost the actual error off the top of the screen > before locking and I don't know how to get the console output, erm, output > to anything other than the screen on my laptop. Ok, could you send me a copy? I'll see if I can add some of your code. BTW, which vaio model is this? Can you send me the DSDT too? (acpidump -b -t DSDT -o DSDT.aml && iasl -d DSDT.aml) Thanks -- mattia :wq! - 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
