[ibm-acpi-devel] [ltp] thinkpad-acpi release 0.17-20071002 uploaded to ibm-acpi.sf.net

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

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Please try this patch, and send me the debug output from thinkpad-acpi...

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  Henrique Holschuh

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diff --git a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
index a4884aa..517c79a 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -3584,6 +3584,8 @@ static int __init brightness_check_levels(void)
 	struct acpi_buffer buffer = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
 	union acpi_object *obj;
 
+	printk(IBM_ERR "debug: start check for 16 brightness levels\n");
+
 	if (!vid_handle) {
 		IBM_ACPIHANDLE_INIT(vid);
 	}
@@ -3591,6 +3593,8 @@ static int __init brightness_check_levels(void)
 	if (!vid_handle)
 		return 0;
 
+	printk(IBM_ERR "debug: will call _BCL\n");
+
 	/* Using BCLL would be better, but that is not a method, just
 	 * a package.  The safest way would be to get BCLL data, and
 	 * check the highest value in it, as it will be the max_level
@@ -3603,6 +3607,11 @@ static int __init brightness_check_levels(void)
 	status = (obj && obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE &&
 		  obj->package.count == 18);
 
+	if (obj) {
+		printk(IBM_ERR "debug: _BCL call sucessfull, obj type is %d, obj count is %d, status %d\n",
+			obj->type, obj->package.count, status);
+	}
+
 	kfree(buffer.pointer);
 	return status;
 }

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