Hi Tony > nokos@xxxxxxx wrote: > > with ACPI_VIDEO: > > both alt and std interface works (SBLL/SBL2), but only while X is > > running (I think with ACPI_VIDEO all brighness change etc is handled by > > the IGD stuff in i915 which is only active if X is running) > > Okay, perhaps kernel mode setting will improve this situation. As > userland isn't ready for KMS now I will back off on this and bring it up > again at around the 2.6.30/2.6.31 timeframe. (As I do agree things > should work correctly without X running) Indeed. Until use_alt is not required for any machine state it should not be removed since the removal will constitute a functional regression. > A simplier way to autodetect (taking into account your next mail about > BLNF) would then be to see whether SBL2 exists, and use if it does. > (I've checked all other DSDTs that I have, SBL2 is unique to the S64XX > series). That makes sense. > My ultimate goal in this is to make the DMI-based recognition of > machines unnecessary, especially if BTNI turns out to be useful in > knowing the keymap. Removing the need for DMI-based machine identification would be a good thing as it's one less thing to maintain going forward. Regards jonathan -- 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
