KMS backlight ABI proposition

[Jasper St. Pierre]

Can we at least suggest they try, again with a similar disclaimer that
"this might not work in practice"? The more I think about it, a normalized
0-100 API doesn't really simplify implementations for anybody, especially
if we don't have a natural step level.

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 6:00 AM, Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at linux.intel.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Feb 2017, "Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre at mecheye.net> wrote:
> > Instead of normalizing to 100, I think we should expose a max level, and
> > specify that's max brightness. Every single step in the range should
> have a
> > visible difference in output lumens.
>
> The drivers can't guarantee that.
>
> BR,
> Jani.
>
>
> --
> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
>



-- 
  Jasper
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