On Feb 24,  4:29pm, ed@left.wing.org (Ed Gould) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: SPIC stopped working

| > In article <200602241813.k1OIDX706079@left.wing.org>,
| > Ed Gould  <ed@left.wing.org> wrote:
| > >Some time between 2 Jan and 21 Feb, the SPIC on my Sony GRX-690 laptop 
| > >stopped being recognized (both 3.99.15 kernels).  Does anyone know off 
| > >the top of their head what changed?  I haven't had a chance to go 
| > >looking, yet, but just reverted to the older kernel.
| > >
| > 
| > Do you have the sony driver in the kernel?
| 
| Yes, both kernels were built with the same config file.

The sony driver == 

# Sony LCD brightness etc.
#sony*          at acpi?                # Sony Miscellaneous Controller

christos