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[Michal Kvasnicka <michal.kvasnicka@xxxxxxxxx>]

is there any serious reason to apply this new package or it is still
as a development version?

is possible to install 0.9np3 over previously installed 0.9np2? could
you add some brief tutorial regarding this case?



Michal

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Norbert Preining <preining@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have played around today on the train ride in Japan, and released
>        sony-laptop-zseries 0.9np3
>
> Changes:
> 0.9np3:
>  - add some Makefile code suggested by Raphael Gradenwitz
>  - add a dkms.conf file
>  - add nvidia_bl.c module source code from Mario Schwalbe
>    it crashed my kernel (black screen, nothing working but Sysrq), but
>    it might be worth investigating its features.
>  - bring sony-laptop.c in line with upstream's code from the kernel,
>    and guard all changes with #ifdef SONY_LAPTOP
>  - change key handling to match what there is in the kernel, that is
>    commit [master 85b4f88], and might break some functionality.
>
> So the interesting points:
> - (for Raphael) you can change your dkms descriptions, and changes.
>
> - nvidia_bl: that is a kernel module I found on my hard disk ;-) It
>  is not of mine. It works (somehow). When I compile and load it while
>  running hte nvida card I can change the brightness via
>        /sys/class/backlight/nvidia-backlight/brightness
>  but the Fn- keys still use the sony-laptop brightness because that
>  is what is loaded first.
>  My idea is (see TODO) to include the code of nvidia_bl.c into the
>  sony-laptop.c module, and switch the brightness depending on the
>  speed/stamina mode selected. Well, that is the idea. But in fact
>  I have no idea how to implement it ;-)
>
> - sony-laptop an dupstream
>  I have changed loads of code in sony-laptop.c to better match the
>  code currently in the linux kernel. Furthermore I have embedded all
>  the code changes into #ifdef SONY_ZSERIES and define that on the top
>  of the module. This way it is obvious what has actually been changed
>  from upstream. That hopefully makes it easier to adapt upstream changes,
>  and maybe merge some things back.
>
>  BUT: Here is a way to that some things are broken!!! The key event code
>  has been changed. I adopted the upstream way, so if something is broken
>  please let me know.
>
> Well, as usual,
>  http://www.logic.at/people/preining/software/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np3.tar.gz
>
> Enjoy, and don't wonder if it burns your laptop, no responsability taken!
>
> Best wishes
>
> Norbert
>
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> Dr. Norbert Preining                                        Associate Professor
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> Vienna University of Technology                               preining@xxxxxxxx
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