devkit-keyboard-backlight?

Ozan Çağlayan ozan at pardus.org.tr
Sat Oct 31 02:50:42 PDT 2009


Bastien Nocera wrote:
> Or something.
>
> I have hardware with a keyboard backlight, which is only supported
> through HAL right now (and crummy hacks like pommed).
>
> Is there anything but Apple laptops supporting this? (And if so, which
> kernel interfaces are being used for those that differ from the applesmc
> ones?)
>   

I don't have a good understanding about the subject but AFAIK the real
problem is how to couple the ALS (Ambient Light Sensor) and the
keyboard/screen backlight. This is how it works on Mac OS, e.g. screen
and keyboard backlight are adjusted in terms of the ambience light
intensity.

Regards,
Ozan


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