Re: Backlight device class redesign

From: RafaÅ MiÅecki
Date: Sun Nov 29 2009 - 16:51:38 EST


W dniu 29 listopada 2009 21:09 uÅytkownik RafaÅ MiÅecki
<zajec5@xxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ:
> So I think we have to register every device and just keep symlink
> /sys/class/backlight/display_name pointing best device. We could
> register devices in
> 1) /sys/class/backlight/.devicename (hidden)
> 2) some /sys/class/internal-usage/devicename
>
> Do you agree on this?

Please, see attached patch. TODO:
1) Add METHOD (enum { ACPI, GPU, PLATFORM} ) as
backlight_device_register parameter
2) Add display name as backlight_device_register parameter
3) Use given METHODs in backlight_best_device
4) Fix symlinks to be created in /sys/class/backlight/ instead of
/sys/dev/char/ (how?!)

What about proposed solution?

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RafaÅ
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