Re: [PATCH,RFC]: acpi,backlight: MSI S270 - driver, second try

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Thu Aug 17 2006 - 11:19:36 EST


Hi!

> - Remove /proc/acpi/s270 interface, replace it by a platform device
> /sys/devices/platform/s270pf/. This means: no procfs is touched
> anymore, all features are now accessible through /sys/.
>
> This patch applies to 2.6.17 and requires the ACPI ec_transaction()
> patch I posted earlier:
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-acpi&m=115517193511970&w=2
>
> Please comment and/or apply!

Looks ok to me...

> +static int auto_brightness;
> +module_param(auto_brightness, int, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(auto_brightness, "Enable automatic brightness control (0: disabled; 1: enabled; 2: don't touch)");
> +
> +/*** Hardware access ***/
> +
> +static const uint8_t lcd_table[MSI_LCD_LEVEL_MAX] = {
> + 0x00, 0x1f, 0x3e, 0x5d, 0x7c, 0x9b, 0xba, 0xd9, 0xf8
> +};

Can we get 0xf8 levels and simplify code while we are at it?

> + if ((result = ec_transaction(MSI_EC_COMMAND_LCD_LEVEL, &wdata, 1, &rdata, 1)) < 0)
> + return result;

Please split this into two lines.

result = ...;
if (result.....)


> +static DEVICE_ATTR(bluetooth, 0444, show_bluetooth, NULL);
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(wlan, 0444, show_wlan, NULL);

So bluetooth and wlan basically mirror physical switch state? Should
we make these switches available through input subsystem one day?
--
Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins.
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