linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Rationalise ACPI backlight implementation

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:46:05 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	len.brown@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rationalise ACPI backlight implementation

On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 04:33:29PM +0800, Zhang Rui wrote:

> I have no obvious objection on either of these two proposals.
> But one thing to mention is that
> both of these two patches is written on the assumption that the
> brightness levels listed in _BCL method are in ascending order, while
> this is not stated in the ACPI spec.
> Is this a problem?

The driver already makes that assumption, and it's implicit in the spec.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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