Re: sonypi kernel driver -- volunteers needed

On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 06:18:29PM +0000, thus spake Daniel K.:
> On 07/24/03 17:23, Ignacy Gawedzki typed onto the keyboard:
> > That would be a solution, but I think what Windows do is writing it
> > somewhere in NVRAM for the BIOS to check at boot (at least in my Z1A).
> > For example, If you set the brightness to minimum under Windows, then
> > halt and start the computer again, the brightness is set by the BIOS to
> > the minimum at the very beginning.
> 
> This is exactly what I mean. To get this to work we probably have to 
> disassemble the Windows driver to see what it does.

There seems to be a Phoenix FirstBIOS SDK, which is provided to OEMs to
let them tailor the BIOS to their needs.  I guess it contains all the
needed information... =)

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