On Tue, 09 Oct 2007, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 10:47 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > On Tue, 09 Oct 2007, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> > > No, all the _BCL poking should vanish.
> >
> > I need to *somehow* find out if the thinkpad supports the video extensions.
>
> Maybe in scan.c:acpi_video_bus_match() we could add a quirk like:
>
> if (ThinkPad){
> if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(device->handle, "_BCM", &h_dummy1)) &&
> ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(device->handle, "_BCL", &h_dummy2))) &&
> return 0;
> else
> return -ENODEV;
>
> This would make the video module only load on thinkpads if the
> brightness functions are implemented.
The video module handles a lot more than just backlight. I am not going to
make thinkpad-acpi disable the video module in any way.
Output switching is another area where thinkpad-acpi and video duplicate
functionality, and frankly, I have no idea which ones works, and how well,
and in which thinkpads.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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