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Bug#299185: marked as done (kernel-source-2.6.8: Please consider include Guido Guenther rivafb patch)

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Package: kernel-source-2.6.8
Version: 2.6.8-13.djo
Severity: wishlist


Good day,

Actual kernel-source-2.6.8 doesn't provide support for backlight
control on newer powerbooks (12", NV30 based) which reduce a lot
battery's autonomy.

Could you consider include rivafb backlight control support 
and set CONFIG_FB_RIVA=y (see #297627) ?

Note that Guido Guenther wrote :

> Well, backlight support is in rivafb since quiet some time but only                                                                     
> 2.6.10 has everything to get rivafb to work at all on newer powerbooks                                                                  
> (NV30 based). The backport would basically be to use the                                                                                
> drivers/video/rivafb/ directory from 2.6.10, everything else make little                                                                
> sense. This in fact shouldn't be very painfull...                                                                                       
> Cheers,

Regards.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-powerpc
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages kernel-source-2.6.8 depends on:
ii  binutils                      2.15-5     The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  bzip2                         1.0.2-5    high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities

-- no debconf information

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Backlight control works fine with Debian 2.6.15 on my 12" powerbook.

-- 
Djoume SALVETTI

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