[PATCH 0/3] Use acpi_video_unregister_backlight instead of acpi_video_unregister in platfrom backlight drivers

Darren Hart dvhart at infradead.org
Sun Jun 7 21:54:35 PDT 2015


On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 11:25:05AM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm working on cleaning up the currently somewhat convoluted logic to
> select which backlight interfaces to register on x86 systems, see:
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2014-December/074687.html
> 
> For a rought outline (details will change in the actual patch-set).
> 
> These 3 patches are a preparation for that work, as the behavior of the
> current code is not always consistent (it changes depending on module
> loading order in some cases). These 3 patches remove this inconsistency
> which in some cases may result in a behavior change.
> 
> This way the cleanup can have a consistent base to build upon, and I can
> ensure that the cleanup itself does not cause any functional changes.

These are now available in for-next.

-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center


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