Index: linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/als.c
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/als.c
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+/*
+ *  als.c - ACPI Ambient Light Sensor Driver
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009 Intel Corp
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009 Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
+ *
+ *  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ *  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ *  General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *  59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
+ *
+ *  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/als_sys.h>
+#include <acpi/acpi_bus.h>
+#include <acpi/acpi_drivers.h>
+
+#define PREFIX "ACPI: "
+
+#define ACPI_ALS_CLASS			"als"
+#define ACPI_ALS_DEVICE_NAME		"Ambient Light Sensor"
+#define ACPI_ALS_NOTIFY_ILLUMINANCE	0x80
+#define ACPI_ALS_NOTIFY_COLOR_TEMP	0x81
+#define ACPI_ALS_NOTIFY_RESPONSE	0x82
+
+#define _COMPONENT		ACPI_ALS_COMPONENT
+ACPI_MODULE_NAME("als");
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Zhang Rui");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ACPI Ambient Light Sensor Driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+static int acpi_als_add(struct acpi_device *device);
+static int acpi_als_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type);
+static void acpi_als_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event);
+
+static const struct acpi_device_id als_device_ids[] = {
+	{"ACPI0008", 0},
+	{"", 0},
+};
+
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, als_device_ids);
+
+static struct acpi_driver acpi_als_driver = {
+	.name = "als",
+	.class = ACPI_ALS_CLASS,
+	.ids = als_device_ids,
+	.ops = {
+		.add = acpi_als_add,
+		.remove = acpi_als_remove,
+		.notify = acpi_als_notify,
+		},
+};
+
+struct acpi_als {
+	struct acpi_device *device;
+	struct device *classdev;	/* pointer to als sysfs/class device */
+	int illuminance;
+};
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+		Ambient Light Sensor device Management
+   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/*
+ * acpi_als_get_illuminance - get the current ambient light illuminance
+ */
+static int acpi_als_get_illuminance(struct acpi_als *als)
+{
+	acpi_status status;
+	unsigned long long illuminance;
+
+	status =
+	    acpi_evaluate_integer(als->device->handle, "_ALI", NULL,
+				  &illuminance);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status,
+				"Error reading ALS illuminance"));
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
+	als->illuminance = illuminance;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+				sysfs I/F
+   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+static int
+illuminance_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct acpi_device *device = to_acpi_device(dev->parent);
+	struct acpi_als *als = acpi_driver_data(device);
+	int result;
+
+	result = acpi_als_get_illuminance(als);
+	if (result)
+		return result;
+
+	if (als->illuminance < -1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", als->illuminance);
+}
+
+DEVICE_ATTR(illuminance, 0444, illuminance_show, NULL);
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+				 Driver Model
+   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+static void acpi_als_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event)
+{
+	struct acpi_als *als = acpi_driver_data(device);
+
+	if (!als)
+		return;
+
+	switch (event) {
+	case ACPI_ALS_NOTIFY_ILLUMINANCE:
+		acpi_als_get_illuminance(als);
+		break;
+	case ACPI_ALS_NOTIFY_COLOR_TEMP:
+		/*
+		 *  TODO:
+		 *  re-evalute the color temperature and chromaticity
+		 */
+		break;
+	case ACPI_ALS_NOTIFY_RESPONSE:
+		/*
+		 * TODO:
+		 * update the Ambient Light Illuminance to
+		 * Display Luminance Adjustment Mappings
+		 */
+		break;
+	default:
+		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
+				  "Unsupported event [0x%x]\n", event));
+	}
+	acpi_bus_generate_proc_event(device, event, (u32) als->illuminance);
+	acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(device->pnp.device_class,
+					dev_name(&device->dev), event,
+					(u32) als->illuminance);
+}
+
+static int acpi_als_add(struct acpi_device *device)
+{
+	int result;
+	static int als_id;
+	char name[10];
+	struct acpi_als *als;
+
+	if (unlikely(als_id >= 10)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX "Too many ALS devices found\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	als = kzalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_als), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!als)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	als->device = device;
+	strcpy(acpi_device_name(device), ACPI_ALS_DEVICE_NAME);
+	strcpy(acpi_device_class(device), ACPI_ALS_CLASS);
+	device->driver_data = als;
+
+	result = acpi_als_get_illuminance(als);
+	if (result)
+		goto end;
+
+	sprintf(name, "acpi_als%d", als_id);
+	als->classdev = als_device_register(&device->dev, name);
+	if (IS_ERR(als->classdev)) {
+		result = PTR_ERR(als->classdev);
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	result = device_create_file(als->classdev, &dev_attr_illuminance);
+	if (result)
+		als_device_unregister(als->classdev);
+
+end:
+	if (result)
+		kfree(als);
+	else
+		als_id++;
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+static int acpi_als_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type)
+{
+	struct acpi_als *als = acpi_driver_data(device);
+
+	als_device_unregister(als->classdev);
+	kfree(als);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __init acpi_als_init(void)
+{
+	return acpi_bus_register_driver(&acpi_als_driver);
+}
+
+static void __exit acpi_als_exit(void)
+{
+	acpi_bus_unregister_driver(&acpi_als_driver);
+}
+
+module_init(acpi_als_init);
+module_exit(acpi_als_exit);
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
@@ -333,4 +333,13 @@ config ACPI_SBS
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
 	  the modules will be called sbs and sbshc.
 
+config ACPI_ALS
+	tristate "Ambient Light Sensor driver"
+	select ALS
+	help
+	  This driver supports the ACPI Ambient Light Sensor.
+
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
+	  the module will be called als.
+
 endif	# ACPI
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/acpi/Makefile
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_MEMORY) += acp
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY)	+= battery.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_SBS)		+= sbshc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_SBS)		+= sbs.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_ALS)		+= als.o
 
 # processor has its own "processor." module_param namespace
 processor-y			:= processor_core.o processor_throttling.o
Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/acpi/debug.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/acpi/debug.txt
+++ linux-2.6/Documentation/acpi/debug.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ shows the supported mask values, current
     ACPI_MEMORY_DEVICE_COMPONENT    0x08000000
     ACPI_VIDEO_COMPONENT            0x10000000
     ACPI_PROCESSOR_COMPONENT        0x20000000
+    ACPI_ALS_COMPONENT              0x40000000
 
 debug_level
 -----------
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/debug.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/acpi/debug.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/debug.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ static const struct acpi_dlayer acpi_deb
 	ACPI_DEBUG_INIT(ACPI_MEMORY_DEVICE_COMPONENT),
 	ACPI_DEBUG_INIT(ACPI_VIDEO_COMPONENT),
 	ACPI_DEBUG_INIT(ACPI_PROCESSOR_COMPONENT),
+	ACPI_DEBUG_INIT(ACPI_ALS_COMPONENT),
 };
 
 static const struct acpi_dlevel acpi_debug_levels[] = {
Index: linux-2.6/include/acpi/acpi_drivers.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/acpi/acpi_drivers.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/acpi/acpi_drivers.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #define ACPI_MEMORY_DEVICE_COMPONENT	0x08000000
 #define ACPI_VIDEO_COMPONENT		0x10000000
 #define ACPI_PROCESSOR_COMPONENT	0x20000000
+#define ACPI_ALS_COMPONENT		0x40000000
 
 /*
  * _HID definitions
Index: linux-2.6/MAINTAINERS
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/MAINTAINERS
+++ linux-2.6/MAINTAINERS
@@ -234,6 +234,13 @@ F:	drivers/acpi/
 F:	drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/
 F:	include/linux/acpi.h
 
+ACPI AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR DRIVER
+M:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
+L:	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
+W:	http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/
+S:	Supported
+F:	drivers/acpi/als.c
+
 ACPI BATTERY DRIVERS
 M:	Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@suse.de>
 L:	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
