New graphics/intel-backlight port
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Authored by grembo on Jul 5 2015, 11:03 PM.

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rP391406: New port graphics/intel-backlight

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Taken from intel-gpu-tool, intel-backlight allows reading and
adjusting the current backlight level on many modern intel
GPUs, regardless of proper X driver support.

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Poudriere:
http://people.freebsd.org/~grembo/intel-backlight-20150706.log

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grembo updated this revision to Diff 6714.Jul 5 2015, 11:03 PM

grembo retitled this revision from to New graphics/intel-backlight port.

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grembo edited the test plan for this revision. (Show Details)Jul 5 2015, 11:08 PM

grembo mentioned this in D2811: New driver for intersil I2C ISL29018 Digital Ambient Light Sensor.Jul 5 2015, 11:24 PM

Maybe the plist is a bit useless here:

PLIST_FILES= bin/intel_backlight
PORTEXAMPLES= isl_backlight.sh

Should do the same thing.

Stop wasting inodes.

bapt accepted this revision.Jul 6 2015, 11:25 AM

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This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 6 2015, 11:25 AM

Closed by commit rP391406: New port graphics/intel-backlight (authored by grembo). · Explain WhyJul 6 2015, 12:56 PM

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wblock added a subscriber: wblock.Jul 6 2015, 2:42 PM

wblock added inline comments.

head/graphics/intel-backlight/pkg-descr
10	Use of sudo assumes the user has security/sudo installed. They might not, though, because the port does not depend on it. Might be better to change the examples to show a root prompt, and (optionally) mention the root requirement: Usage (as root): intel-backlight ...