From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Norbert Preining Subject: Re: regression since 2.6.36: backlight in sony-laptop not working Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:50:00 +0900 Message-ID: <20101111235000.GA6651@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> References: <20101104142915.GC7650@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20101110035833.GB3029@kamineko.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101110035833.GB3029@kamineko.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Mattia Dongili Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ACPI Devel Mailing List List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Mi, 10 Nov 2010, Mattia Dongili wrote: > It's ages sony_laptop doesn't change, it may be some other change in the > acpi layer that causes this. Seems so that the sys files have changed to new locations: /sys/devices/virtual/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness (mind the additional "virtual") as well as thermal zone etc etc. Could that explain the problem? Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Norbert Preining preining@{jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org} JAIST, Japan TeX Live & Debian Developer DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CAARNDUNCAN (n.) The high-pitched and insistent cry of the young female human urging one of its peer group to do something dangerous on a cliff-edge or piece of toxic waste ground. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff