From: Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c | 6 +++++- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c b/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c index 00e48e2..32675cb 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c +++ b/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c @@ -1037,7 +1037,11 @@ static int sony_nc_add(struct acpi_device *device) goto outinput; } - if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(sony_nc_acpi_handle, "GBRT", &handle))) { + if (!acpi_video_backlight_support()) { + printk(KERN_INFO DRV_PFX "Sony: Brightness ignored, must be " + "controlled by ACPI video driver\n"); + } else if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(sony_nc_acpi_handle, "GBRT", + &handle))) { sony_backlight_device = backlight_device_register("sony", NULL, NULL, &sony_backlight_ops); -- 1.5.4.5 -- 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