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-rw-r--r--drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c b/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c
index 06f07e19dc7..7bcb81002dc 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c
@@ -1038,7 +1038,11 @@ static int sony_nc_add(struct acpi_device *device)
goto outinput;
}
- if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(sony_nc_acpi_handle, "GBRT", &handle))) {
+ if (!acpi_video_backlight_support()) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO DRV_PFX "Sony: Brightness ignored, must be "
+ "controlled by ACPI video driver\n");
+ } else if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(sony_nc_acpi_handle, "GBRT",
+ &handle))) {
sony_backlight_device = backlight_device_register("sony", NULL,
NULL,
&sony_backlight_ops);