[PATCH] [ACPI] Default to using the native backlight control on Windows 8 systems

Aaron Lu aaron.lu at intel.com
Thu Apr 10 19:56:13 PDT 2014


On 04/11/2014 04:13 AM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> The list of machines in the "Use native backlight" table is getting longer
> and longer, which is a solid indication that we're doing something wrong.
> Disable the ACPI backlight interface if the system claims to be Windows 8
> or later.

And has a native backlight control interface.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett at nebula.com>
> ---
> 
> Let's at least get this into -next for 3.16 and figure out whether the
> drivers actually work now.

I agree.


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