[PATCH 2/2] ACPI / video / i915: Remove ACPI backlight if firmware expects Windows 8

Matthew Garrett matthew.garrett at nebula.com
Tue Sep 10 06:56:59 PDT 2013


On Tue, 2013-09-10 at 16:53 +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:

> I think the parameter "Does the ACPI backlight interface work or not"
> belongs to the ACPI video driver.

That depends on how Windows 8 works. If Windows 8 policy is handled by
the GPU drivers then it belongs in i915. If it's handled by the ACPI
code then it belongs in the ACPI code. But I have no way of determining
that, whereas you work for a company that produces a Windows 8 video
driver…

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Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett at nebula.com>


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