[hal-info] Some thinkpad panels don't use laptop_panel.brightness_in_hardware

Matthew Garrett mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org
Fri Oct 24 06:07:39 PDT 2008


On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 02:58:53PM +0200, Danny Kukawka wrote:

> It would be really useful if there would be a sysfs attribute under 
> /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/ and an event if the module parameter get 
> changed. Otherwise HAL can't tell reliable if it's handled in hardware.

Or we could just fix the kernel so it doesn't screw with the brightness. 
It's a one line diff.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org


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